Device Registry

Similar to the desktop version of Windows, Windows Embedded CE saves the settings of the operating system, applications, and drivers in the system registry. The Windows CE registry is organized similar to the desktop operating system registry, and it has the following four root entries:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER.

HKEY_USER.

The HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT hive contains the settings related to the processing of file extensions and the COM subsystem. The HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE hive contains the system settings as well as the settings for the drivers and applications of the system as a whole. The HKEY_ CURRENT_USER hive contains the current user settings, which is actually a reference to a corresponding sub key of the ...

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