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2023 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

19. Registry Troubleshooting

Author : Mike Halsey

Published in: Troubleshooting and Supporting Windows 11

Publisher: Apress

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Abstract

The Registry is what has always set Windows apart from other operating systems; in fact, it’s only Windows that does things the Registry way. Whereas Unix-based operating systems such as Linux, Android, and Mac OS use a series of folders such as /etc that contain configuration files for the operating system and installed applications, the Windows Registry consists of a series of binary database files.

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When the Registry was being created during the development of Windows NT, the people working in the development team were all fans of bees, so they snuck in as many bee references as they could, calling Registry files “hives” and having Registry data stored in “cells.”
 
Metadata
Title
Registry Troubleshooting
Author
Mike Halsey
Copyright Year
2023
Publisher
Apress
Book
Troubleshooting and Supporting Windows 11

Print ISBN: 978-1-4842-8727-9

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-4842-8728-6

Copyright Year: 2023

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-8728-6_19

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