That would actually be handy, because I'm personally sick of all the ~2KB ini files that "portable" programs* leave all over the place. It would be awesome if they instead came with a few KB internal padding that was used to store the config (so the filesize doesn't change, to not affect simplistic sync/backup routines), and then silently updated their config on-the-fly.
* ini spawning programs include CPU-Z, HWMon, HWiNFO, BulkRenameUtility, HxD (newer versions spawn a settings folder), seemingly every NirSoft + O&O tool - and the master of all spawners: explorer.exe dropping desktop.ini's.
* ini spawning programs include CPU-Z, HWMon, HWiNFO, BulkRenameUtility, HxD (newer versions spawn a settings folder), seemingly every NirSoft + O&O tool - and the master of all spawners: explorer.exe dropping desktop.ini's.