diff --git a/dlls/winmm/mci.c b/dlls/winmm/mci.c
index f3c5f180070..79100505110 100644
--- a/dlls/winmm/mci.c
+++ b/dlls/winmm/mci.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #include "mmsystem.h"
 #include "winuser.h"
 #include "winnls.h"
+#include "winreg.h"
 
 #include "digitalv.h"
 #include "winemm.h"
@@ -185,13 +186,17 @@ const char* MCI_MessageToString(UINT16 wMsg)
 static	DWORD	MCI_GetDevTypeFromFileName(LPCSTR fileName, LPSTR buf, UINT len)
 {
     LPSTR	tmp;
+    HKEY	hKey;
 
     if ((tmp = strrchr(fileName, '.'))) {
-	GetProfileStringA("mci extensions", tmp + 1, "*", buf, len);
-	if (strcmp(buf, "*") != 0) {
-	    return 0;
-	}
-	TRACE("No [mci extensions] entry for '%s' found.\n", tmp);
+	if (RegOpenKeyExA( HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, "SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\MCI Extensions",
+			   0, KEY_QUERY_VALUE, &hKey ) == ERROR_SUCCESS) {
+	    DWORD dwLen = len;
+	    LONG lRet = RegQueryValueExA( hKey, tmp + 1, 0, 0, buf, &dwLen ); 
+	    RegCloseKey( hKey );
+	    if (lRet == ERROR_SUCCESS) return 0;
+        }
+	TRACE("No ...\\MCI Extensions entry for '%s' found.\n", tmp);
     }
     return MCIERR_EXTENSION_NOT_FOUND;
 }
diff --git a/documentation/samples/win.ini b/documentation/samples/win.ini
deleted file mode 100644
index eb860efe45e..00000000000
--- a/documentation/samples/win.ini
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-[mci extensions]
-cda=cdaudio
-mid=sequencer
-midi=sequencer
-rmi=sequencer
-;aif=MPEGVideo
-aifc=MPEGVideo
-;aiff=MPEGVideo
-asf=MPEGVideo2
-asx=MPEGVideo2
-au=MPEGVideo
-;avi=MPEGVideo
-lsf=MPEGVideo2
-lsx=MPEGVideo2
-m1v=MPEGVideo
-m3u=MPEGVideo
-;mov=MPEGVideo
-m3u=MPEGVideo
-mp2=MPEGVideo
-mp2v=MPEGVideo
-mp3=MPEGVideo
-mpa=MPEGVideo
-mpe=MPEGVideo
-mpeg=MPEGVideo
-mpg=MPEGVideo
-mpv=MPEGVideo
-mpv2=MPEGVideo
-;qt=MPEGVideo
-snd=MPEGVideo
-rmi=MPEGVideo
-;wav=MPEGVideo
-wav=waveaudio
-wax=MPEGVideo2
-wm=MPEGVideo2
-wma=MPEGVideo2
-wmp=MPEGVideo2
-wmv=MPEGVideo2
-wmx=MPEGVideo2
-wvx=MPEGVideo2