Format of the SYSTEM.INI File The SYSTEM.INI file contains several sections, each of which consists of a group of related settings. The sections and settings are listed in the SYSTEM.INI file in the following format: [section name] keyname=value In this example, [section name] is the name of a section. The enclosing brackets ([ ]) are required, and the left bracket must be in the leftmost column on the screen. The keyname=value statement defines the value of each setting. A keyname is the name of a setting. It can consist of any combination of letters and digits in uppercase or lowercase, and it must be followed immediately by an equal sign (=). The value of the setting can be an integer, a Boolean value, a string, or a quoted string, depending on the setting. There are multiple settings in most sections. You can include comments in initialization files. You must begin each line of a comment with a semicolon (;). .