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Windows Registry

The Windows Registry is a hierarchical database that stores low-level settings for the Microsoft Windows operating system and for applications that opt to use the registry. The kernel, device drivers, services, Security Accounts Manager, and user interfaces can all use the registry. The registry also allows access to counters for profiling system…

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Developer
Microsoft
Included with
Microsoft Windows
License
Proprietary
Operating system
Microsoft Windows
Other names
regedit, regedit.exe
Platform
IA-32, x86-64, and ARM (and historically DEC Alpha, Itanium, MIPS, and PowerPC)

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Overview

Rationale

Structure

Editing

Security

Backups and recovery

Policy

Virtualization

Disadvantages

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Windows Registry

Nodes136
Edges135
Triples81
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.014706
Components1

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Windows Registry

Top relations

related to Rationale · 19
Windows Registry → According, APIs, Backup, Because, By, Furthermore, If, INI, Kernel Transaction Manager, Microsoft, Note, NTFS, Prior, Remote Registry, Since, This, Where, Windows Registry Editor, Windows Vista
related to .REG files · 11
Windows Registry → ANSI-based, INI-based, NT, REG, REGEDIT4, Registration, There, They, Unicode-based, Windows, Windows Registry Editor Version
related to Registry editors · 9
Windows Registry → After, Editing, If, Microsoft, RegEdit, The, This, When, Windows-specific
related to Equivalents and alternatives · 8
Windows Registry → Developers, In, In Windows, Microsoft, MSXML, SQL Server Compact, Windows Registry's, XML
Developer · 1
Windows Registry → Microsoft
Included with · 1
Windows Registry → Microsoft Windows
License · 1
Windows Registry → Proprietary
Operating system · 1
Windows Registry → Microsoft Windows
Other names · 1
Windows Registry → regedit, regedit.exe
Platform · 1
Windows Registry → IA-32, x86-64, and ARM (and historically DEC Alpha, Itanium, MIPS, and PowerPC)

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Important terminology

registry windows system files user file also settings key stored data applications keys policy users values configuration local use current

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Windows RegistryDeveloperMicrosoft1.00infobox
Windows RegistryIncluded withMicrosoft Windows1.00infobox
Windows RegistryLicenseProprietary1.00infobox
Windows RegistryOperating systemMicrosoft Windows1.00infobox
Windows RegistryOther namesregedit, regedit.exe1.00infobox
Windows RegistryPlatformIA-32, x86-64, and ARM (and historically DEC Alpha, Itanium, MIPS, and PowerPC)1.00infobox
Windows RegistryReleaseApril 6, 1992; 34 years ago (1992-04-06) with Windows 3.11.00infobox
Windows RegistryTypeHierarchical database1.00infobox
Windows RegistryWebsitelearn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/sysinfo/registry1.00infobox
Windows Registryis ahierarchical database that stores low-level settings for the Microsoft Windows operating system and for applications that opt to use the registry0.90text
a program's locationinstance ofa new subkey containing settings0.80text
its versioninstance ofa new subkey containing settings0.80text

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