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well, not entirely true. there are many open source programs, many from the GNU project, that do not use the windows registry when they are installed in windows. Mozilla firebird does not and neither does FileZilla (unless you tell it to), and many others don't also, they all use config files the same as they would in *ix.
Also programs like GAIM and GIMP use the GIMP ToolKit even when running in windows, so they don't (i think) use dlls, choosing instead to use the GTK libraries you installed (all in a sensible location so you know where they are).
And not one of those is a MS app.
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