How to remove hard coding of Exe names in C++ application?

Question

I am working on Form application using Codegear C++. All Exe names in the code are hard coded. The Exes are present in a common drive. What is the best way to remove hard coding? Is it good to use .ini file? If yes, how to go about it? I tried using .ini file, as follows and it did not work:

settings.ini file:

[PathSettings]
exe1="R:\\exe1"    
exe2="R:\\exe2"
exe3="R:\\exe3"

In the code I added:

#define PATH_INI "settings.ini"      //.ini in the same folder

To get the path of exes

GetPrivateProfileString("PathSettings", "exe1", "", pathExe, 1000, PATH_INI);
//to get the exe1 path into pathExe 

GetPrivateProfileString("PathSettings", "exe2", "", pathExe, 1000, PATH_INI);
//to get the exe2 path into pathExe