There are many ways to store configuration information on a system. Recently XML has received most of the attention, but XML can be notoriously difficult for end-users to edit. A single minor error can prevent an entire XML file from loading.

INI files, or initialization files, are a simple text based file format that is often used to configure applications. The file is divided into sections, where each section is marked with the section name in brackets. Each section can have any number of...