[Mono-list] Mono (on Windows) Registry

[Francisco T. Martinez]

Daniel Morgan wrote:
> At one time, no, the registry was not important.  It was meant for 
> external third-party software to locate Mono and determine the default 
> CLR.
>
> I could have multiple versions of Mono installed, but there will only 
> be one default CLR. 
>
> I'm not sure about the latest versions.
>
> */Jeremiah Peschka <jeremiah.peschka at gmail.com>/* wrote:
>
>     I've been poking around on my Windows PC and I'm curious whether
>     or not Mono needs to the Windows registry keys to run or it can be
>     run from a registry-less environment - e.g. from an installation
>     on an external hard drive, iPod, flash drive, etc.
>
>     Admittedly, I haven't removed the registry keys to find out, and I
>     was hoping someone would be able to shed some light on the issue.
>
>     Thanks,
>
>     Jeremiah
>
To add to what Daniel correctly pointed out, there is still a benefit 
for the third party tools and systems to look at the registry entries 
that the installer creates to aid them in determining the default CLR 
and/or the version information.  I am pretty sure that Novell will keep 
the registry conventions to avoid breaking consuming systems like NAnt 
and MonoLaunch.  However, the Mono Combined Installer for Windows runs 
without any knowledge or need of registry entries itself.

Hope this helps a little.

Paco