Programming Sins Regarding the Registry (Using the Example of Microsoft Excel)
While browsing through the registry I found the following “gem”. It illustrates nicely how programmers are not supposed to store settings in the registry:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\Nach Microsoft E&xcel exportieren] @="res://C:\\PROGRA~2\\MICROS~1\\Office12\\EXCEL.EXE/3000" "Contexts"=dword:00000001 What is wrong with this? Several things:
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