Top "Registry" questions

The Windows Registry is a database where configuration settings for hardware, software and the Windows operating system itself are saved.

Why does the Windows registry exist?

this is more OS architecture question than programming directly, but still. Why was the Windows registry created as a completely …

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Registry key for Global Flags (gflags)

I'm currently having an error while trying to remove the flag "Enable heap tagging by DLL" with the debug tool …

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Batch file: run command in a cmd.exe launched as a different user using batch file

Hi Folks I am a newbie to batch files and I am facing a challenge. I have to do following …

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Where Is the Registry Key for Office 2010 PIA (How to Determine If Office 2010 PIA Is Installed)

Where is the Registry key for Office 2010 PIA? For 2003/2007, I googled, and found: Office 2003 PIA: RegKeyExists(HKLM, 'Software\Classes\Installer\…

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Visual Studio 2008\Backup Files folder created when every new VS instance is opened

I think I have something broken with the path that VS 2008 saves the backup files. Since few days, it creates …

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How to pass in multiple file/folder paths via a right-click event (verb) to an executable?

Related: How to add new items to right-click event on Folders and Files in Windows? I added custom right-click verb …

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How to add a REG_NONE empty value using Batch?

This registry script writes a REG_NONE empty value in the reg editor (which is represented as binary data): Windows …

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How to read and write value from registry in Windows CE?

How do you insert the value 1 into the property CDInsert in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WJST\WLAN and read it …

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How to refresh registry value

I am uninstalling some application and reading the software installation enumeration value from registry. The problem is after uninstallation it …

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Deleting a Windows Registry Value with Python

I would like to delete values from the registry in Windows using Python, but I don't understand what is the …

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