ini object reads data trough a wormhole?

[SoftWarewolf]

this is really freaking me out, its only happening on a compiled .exe of the game so i cant really test it properly or recreate it.
the game still reads data from a .ini file wich was deleted days ago, i even restarted my computer and reinstalled the game, and it still clearly reads data from a .ini file wich is deleted! have this ever occurred before?
i am using windows vista now, so that is most likely a part of it.

the game sets ini file to: Appdrive$+Appdir$+"Data\settings.dat"
in the same folder i have a folder called "Data" with a file called "settings.dat" with different values than my game reads, or i can delete the file and the game still works, clearly both writing and reading data. i have searched all "settings.dat" on my computer, none of them have the same values as my game reads.

[LazyCoder]

You sure the ini file wasn't stored inside the game?

[SoftWarewolf]

how do you store ini inside a game?
and i replaced the .exe file with one that have been tested on other computers not to have that information

[raytrace]

If you select a blank path it uses the application's directory which is of course a temporary location. At the start of the level, check the location that the Ini is writing to.

[SoftWarewolf]

i cant, because its just .exe
if its a temporary location where does it read the data? does all mmf2 ini's have a default temporary directory somewhere?

[Anders]

MMF2 extracts stuff to a temporary folder from where it will run the app. Did you save your app as a project exe or as a normal exe?

[SoftWarewolf]

its a normal exe

[DJFuego]

It's clear that your date is still stored on the hard drive. I would perform an other file search or uncheck the pack all data with your exe. Your ini setting might just be an ini file and not the dat file you thought.

[LazyCoder]

A similar thing has happened to me before. I had un-encrypted some music to play in the game, it played fine, but the unencrypted file was nowhere to be found...