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- Where are Registry Files stored in Windows? - Super User
Where is the Registry stored in Windows? I want to find the files shown when running regedit exe (Windows Registry Editor)
- Is “HKLM” an alias for “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE”? - Super User
81 No, although HKLM is an abbreviation for HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, there is no official statement from Microsoft that it is always equivalent In fact, it explicitly states that the availability of these shortcuts depend on the software being used and they are generally referred to as "commonly used abbreviations"
- Is the same Windows registry shared between all user profiles?
Yes and no HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE is shared; HKEY_CURRENT_USER is private per-user Meanwhile HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT is a virtual tree that's actually a merged view of both the per-user HKCU\Software\Classes and HKLM\Software\Classes trees (It's a leftover from Windows 9x, which didn't have the separation ) Writes done to HKCR will go to either the personal or system registry depending on your
- Where in the registry does Windows store with which program to open . . .
In this situation, you can identify file associations that supported the app 2 Find in Registry Go to Registry Editor And find the entry of Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\RegisteredApplications This registry entry shows that where each program is logging its file associations You can find the value of entry by the app name that you want
- automation - Open registry directly to a given key? - Super User
This cannot be done using regedit exe itself or any of its command line parameters However, Microsoft offers regjump exe, a small utility (previously from SysInternals) that can be used to open the registry editor to a specified key Once you install this you can open to specified key like so: regjump HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows or even using abbreviations: regjump HKCU
- Override MS office updates managed by your administrator
If you wish to update the MS office to latest version, even if it's locked by Administrator, change these registry keys navigate to: Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\office\16 0\common\officeupdate set officemgmtcom to '0' set enableautomaticupdates to '1' set hideenabledisableupdates to '0' And you should see the option to update your office apps In case you Don't
- Registry keys to change personalization settings? - Super User
I am aware that settings related to Themes and Personalization can be found here: Computer\\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Themes I can't find the specific settings I am
- Do HKLM registries take precedence over HKCU for system policies?
The HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE (local machine-specific configuration data) and HKEY_CURRENT_USER (user-specific configuration data) nodes have a similar structure to each other; user applications typically look up their settings by first checking for them in "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Vendor's name\Application's name\Version\Setting name", and if the
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