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Dpes the OWS installer uses Windows Registry?

Posted: 23 Jul 2020, 23:57
by javaapp
Does the OWS installer store/fetch anything from the windows Registry? Does OWS use the Windows Registry at all?

I suspect not, but I wanted to ask to be sure. Thanks!

Re: Dpes the OWS installer uses Windows Registry?

Posted: 24 Jul 2020, 08:13
by Janak Mulani
OWS installer does make some entries in the registry to register the exe, extension, protocol, OpenwithProgID etc.

Re: Dpes the OWS installer uses Windows Registry?

Posted: 24 Jul 2020, 19:41
by javaapp
So is it fair to say that the registry entries are in support of OS integration, and not for storage of user preferences or other settings?

There is a deployment.properties in the user's home dir as well as a .appletTrustSettings file that contains user settings, AFAIK. Are there other config/settings sources?

Re: Dpes the OWS installer uses Windows Registry?

Posted: 25 Jul 2020, 11:22
by Janak Mulani
OWS user preferences are not stored in registry.

<User Home>/.config/ icedtea-web/deployment.properties file stores the OWS properties specified using itw-settings Other security preferences are stored in .appletTrustSettings file.

<User Home>/.cache/ icedtea-web/ directory stores the cached jnlp apps and preferred jvms.

Re: Dpes the OWS installer uses Windows Registry?

Posted: 25 Jul 2020, 22:21
by javaapp
Awesome, thanks for the info!