Windows ME, like all version of Windows since Windows 95, builds upon the basis of Windows 95 as a standalone GUI operating system. However, all these systems are based on Microsoft’s experience with DOS. For example, Windows ME functions as two different products, the GUI that we associate with Windows ME and also a DOS protected-mode interface.
Windows ME also includes several legacy files which help older applications run on machines with the newer OS. In previous versions of Windows, the INI files were used to initialize drivers and applications. Windows 3x could have dozens of INI files. The holdovers for Windows ME are system.ini and win.ini.
System.ini functions like the config.sys files from Windows 3x. It contains global settings which tell the computer how to use its resources. Today, the system.ini is necessary for older applications that look for the file in order to load other files.
Win.ini functions like the autoexec.bat files from Windows 3x. While the file is not necessary to boot the computer, it stores all of the personalizations and helps to define how the applications interact with the resources.
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