• SGG@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 months ago

    Oooh the registry is even more fun.

    • HKLM, HKCU? These are statements dreamt up by the utterly deranged
    • Store it in software, make your own root folder
    • Also for 32 bit programs there wow6432node
    • There’s also the policies section, but this kind of makes sense to have it split off
    • Also make sure to follow the apple methodology of having multiple different key names like Apple, Apple inc., etc
    • 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
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      8 months ago

      I still have no idea why HK is in front… why is the key hot 🤔… and what key are we talking about…

      Oh, yeah, and the different key names… Windows, Windows NT (WITH a white space…), Win…

      • dan@upvote.au
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        8 months ago

        HKEY means “handle to registry key”… Not that that helps anything.

        When code opens a file, device, etc, it’s given a “handle” to it, which is an internal reference so that Windows knows which file you’re reading or writing, and it keeps track of where you are in the document. Similarly, HKEY_CURRENT_USER is the handle that gives you the current user part of the registry.