With the advent of Windows, a certain file format was introduced. I refer here to the INI file. This file was meant to store program initialization data and was often named programname.ini. If you look in your Windows folder, you will find many of these type of files. This use has been largely replaced by the use of the registry but the file format still remains and has some useful features beyond its intended application. The file is simple text and has no formatting characters, so you can view these files with any text editor ( even the most basic NotePad that comes with Windows ). The information in the file is broken into sections, where each section is identified by square brackets.
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