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Those three files including the .ini file, can those be moved to the VLC program folder so they are all together? I 'm surprised a program like this would do this. being open source & having the ability to have a self install version. I would never expect that.

The D&S folder just plain sucks. Scattering files all over the place.

You can set the config location and file name via

--config=<string> use alternate config file

The D&S folder just plain sucks. Scattering files all over the place.

%appdata% is best thing for settings. First it allows custom settings for every user. And on Vista and 7 you cannot write to program files easily anymore.