I hope that your problem is resolved now. So you can mark the thread resolved if it is
And you can use text file or and INI file to do your work. Here are some tutorials in the Forums.

http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?t=349993
http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?t=342619

http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?t=348141#file