configuration data on Windows OS

I have gotten the current svn version of CLSQL running under Lispworks for
Windows
and MySQL 4.1.7 via the "mysql-4-1-7-essential-win" installer package.

To get it all to work, I load a file containing these forms
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#-ASDF
(load "CL-LIBRARY:ASDF;ASDF.LISP")

#-UFFI
(progn
  (pushnew #P"CL-LIBRARY:UFFI;" asdf:*central-registry* :test 'equal)
  (asdf:oos 'asdf:load-op :uffi))

#-CLSQL
(progn
  (pushnew #P"CL-LIBRARY:CLSQL;" asdf:*central-registry* :test 'equal)
  (asdf:oos 'asdf:load-op :clsql))

;;; Override bogus default locations
(unless (find-package "MYSQL")
  (make-package "MYSQL"))

(in-package #:mysql)
(defparameter *mysql-library-candidate-drive-letters* '( "F"))
(defparameter *mysql-library-candidate-directories*
  `("F:/Program Files/MySQL/MySQL Server 4.1/bin/"))

;;;;
(in-package #:cl-user)

(asdf:oos 'asdf:load-op :clsql-mysql)


(setq clsql:*default-database-type* :mysql)

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In addition, I had to manually add the path to the mysql bin directory to
the
Windows 2000 PATH environment variable.

The need to know package details and the *mysql-library-candidate-xxx*
variables
seems especially hackish. Is there a better way to inform the CLSQL system
of where
these files reside? Maybe taking a peek at the Windows registry would work?

Thanks,
Pual Werkowski