diff -Nru avifile0.7-0.7.32/lib/common/Registry.cpp avifile0.7-0.7.32.new/lib/common/Registry.cpp
--- avifile0.7-0.7.32/lib/common/Registry.cpp	Fri Oct  4 09:07:33 2002
+++ avifile0.7-0.7.32.new/lib/common/Registry.cpp	Sun Mar 23 13:59:08 2003
@@ -33,11 +33,15 @@
     if (!config)
     {
 	char* home;
-	home = getenv("HOME");
+	home = getenv("HOME_ETC");
 	if (home == 0)
 	{
-	    struct passwd* pwent = getpwuid(getuid());
-	    home = pwent->pw_dir;
+		home = getenv("HOME");
+		if (home == 0)
+		{
+	    	struct passwd* pwent = getpwuid(getuid());
+	    	home = pwent->pw_dir;
+		}
 	}
 	avm::string s(home);
 	if (!sConfigDir)