Why does Boinc store the names of your computers in the registry instead of creating an xml file in the Boinc directory as it does for all of its other parameters?

Why do you think BOINC stores the names of your computer(s) in the registry? And care to tell where? And which Windows?

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Windows XP: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley\\BOINC Manager\\ComputerMRU

Um...

That's a normal thing. It records what you add to the "Select Computer" option.
It's just there, so the next time you start typing a name, it remembers what name it was. And else it doesn't record it.

The names are still in the remote_hosts.cfg file.

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And I guess it's a wxWidgets thing. I doubt BOINC is doing anything more than telling wxWidgets "store MRU for this list".

Thanks, Nicolas, for saving me the trouble of typing the path. I don't care that it stores the computer name. That's actually somewhat convenient, even if it is a bit less secure. What I care about is where it stores them. I expected that it would store them in an XML file in the Boinc folder and, when I wanted to edit the list of computer names presented, I was unable to locate it. After some on and off searching, I gave up until I stumbled upon it in the registry last night.

Why do I object to it being in the registry?

1. It's much harder to find and edit should the need arise.
2. The average Windows user is scared to death of editing their registry. This, by extension, makes Boinc less user friendly than it could be.
3. IMHO, the Windows registry is somewhat cryptic and I dislike any unnecessary tinkering with it (automated or manual) because of that fact. (Yes, I know, I can buy books that tell me all about it, but I still don't like it.)
4. Accidentally type your password in the computer name field and forget you ever saw this chain. (Yep, that's why I wanted to edit the list of computer names. It was either that, or go out and change the password on all of them.)