I have been wondering about this for a long time now, and have also attempted several times, but have yet to succeed.

I'm interrested in writing simple programs to change settings within the windows registry, just for a start

Which would be the easiest and most understandable language to learn? I keep hearing good comments about VB, but it costs money

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  • ECS K7S5A
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  • Dual boot Win98SE/Win2k Pro.