How the Windows registry is organized ???
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by nandu reddy
How the Windows registry is organized ???
The Registry Editor presents the registry in a folder tree structure that should be familiar to most Windows users. Although the registry doesn't contain actual folders, this display format allows us to easily navigate and manipulate registry.
Each folder is called a key and each key can contain other keys and values. The keys provide the organization structure and the values contain the actual configuration data. Keys appear in the Registry Editor's left pane and values appear in the right pane.
The registry contains five main, or root, keys. Each key contains specific types of information.
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT contains information about file types.
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER contains copies of data stored in HKEY_USERS about the user that is currently logged on.
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE contains information about all the hardware and software installed on the computer.
• HKEY_USERS contains information about all the system's user accounts.
• HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG contains copies of the information from all the other root keys that pertain to the currently running session.
The Registry Editor presents the registry in a folder tree structure that should be familiar to most Windows users. Although the registry doesn't contain actual folders, this display format allows us to easily navigate and manipulate registry.
Each folder is called a key and each key can contain other keys and values. The keys provide the organization structure and the values contain the actual configuration data. Keys appear in the Registry Editor's left pane and values appear in the right pane.
The registry contains five main, or root, keys. Each key contains specific types of information.
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT contains information about file types.
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER contains copies of data stored in HKEY_USERS about the user that is currently logged on.
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE contains information about all the hardware and software installed on the computer.
• HKEY_USERS contains information about all the system's user accounts.
• HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG contains copies of the information from all the other root keys that pertain to the currently running session.
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