RE .rev file association issues

[Kurt Kaufman]

I remember back when I was using "Oracle Media Objects" (which required 
distribution of a "runtime player" along with stacks) I would use a 
utility called "RegEdit" to produce a script that, when run, would 
alter the Windows registry to associate the stacks with the player.  
This was Windows 95, however, and I no longer remember the details of 
the process.  Maybe RegEdit still works, has been updated, or perhaps 
there is a newer equivalent for WinXP.
Perhaps Rev is capable of initializing such a script on its own, or 
perhaps could even be used to (carefully) directly modify the registry. 
  I also seem to recall that direct manipulation of the Windows registry 
had been "discouraged" by Microsoft in favor of another newer method of 
file association.  Unfortunately the name of this newer method escapes 
me...something about  ".ini" files, perhaps?

-KK