Re: locating boot.ini

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From: Remy Lebeau (TeamB)
Date: Tue, 09 May 2006 16:47

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"Mike Collins" <its@TheBottomOfThePost.com> wrote in message
news:44606967@newsgroups.borland.com...

> I need to load and read some information from boot.ini but I'm faced
> with the problem of locating it.  I can't seem to find any information on
> if it is always stored on c:\... or if it can reside on other drive
letters.
> Also, I can't find if it's possible to have multiple boot.ini files
residing
> on a machine.  Finally does anyone know if there is a particular reg
> key or apis that specifics / returns the current boot.ini location for the
> active windows version?

boot.ini is located at "%homedrive%\boot.ini", where "%homedrive%" is an
environment variable that is set to a drive specification, ie "C:", "D:",
etc.


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