--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Olivier Mascia <om@t...>
wrote:

> No.
> The installer only creates two values in one key : RootDirectory and
> Version. Those are not even needed by the engine itself to run.

They are

> there for information to third-parties tools only.

Ok... but when the server is started it looks first for this entry in
the registry and if this entry exists the server searches for the
firebird.conf in this dir. When there is no firebird.conf in this
directory the server stops. Is it possible to start the server so
that it looks first in the parent directory for the firebird.conf ?

Thanks,

Alex