March 2005
Intermediate to advanced
698 pages
19h 13m
English
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Chapter 9. Registry
Introduction
The registry is the primary repository for system, application, and user profile configuration information for the Windows operating system. It is a hierarchical database that is structured and used much like a filesystem. The operating system uses the registry to store information as static as environment variables and as dynamic as performance data. The registry is constantly being used by the OS and applications to read, write, and query configuration settings.