Registry information

[dawgfather]

Does anyone know of a good registry document or something i can find on the net. Like wat folders contain wat kinda information...for eg. where is the stratup menu stuff n stuff..thanks

[michaeljustman]

The only two really important keys in the registry are
HKEY_CURRENT_USER
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

Branches underneath them are exactly the same. (HKEY_CURRENT_USER is the person logged on when you look at the registry and HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE is everybody's settings)

\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run is the key for items when Windows starts up. (Put it under HKEY_CURRENT_USER or HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE depending on for when who starts up. Just add a value with any name and the filename of the thing to startup as the Data.

I don't know if this helps, but that's how you can have things startup when Windows does.

I FEEL VERY STRONG ABOUT THIS.
MAKE SURE THERE IS AN OPTION IN YOUR PROGRAM THAT DISABLES THE STARTUP WHEN WINDOWS DOES, BECAUSE MANY IF NOT ALMOST ALL USERS DO NOT KNOW HOW TO EDIT THIER REGISTRY AND IT IS FRUSTRATING TO HAVE A PROGRAM LOAD WHEN THEY DON'T WANT IT. MOST LIKELY THEY WILL UNINSTALL IT.

[michaeljustman]

The Start Menu items are shortcut files in folders (in XP) under C:\Documents and Settings\Username\Start Menu\
(Username is the name of the user for whos menu it is) They are not a part of the registry. If that is what you were asking. It was a bit hard to tell.

[Gette]

If you need to have some information of the Windows Registry, just check the following site:

Winguides

Kind regards,

Gette