What is Windows registry ?

Windows XP Registry.



Registry is a central database which Windows use to store all the informations about Windows system and all the values of the software in your pc computers. The informations or values control all the hardware and software functions even the user setting. Whenever you add/change new hardware or install a new software. The informations in the Registry is called to change the values.






Actually, The registry is stored in your Hardisk called “Registry Hive“. Registry Hive is not put in a large single file, but it is devided into many small-multipled files in order to protect Windows damage and to be easy to manage all the registry functions. Each file in Registry Hive called “Hive File” stores each Windows setting. Hive file pick the informations in tree type start from The Root. Under the Root consist of the main part, Body of Keys, Subkeys, and all System Values. We realize that the Hive file is very significant to the Windows system. If you lose some files, you may spoil your computer system. So, Windows reserve the informations for protecting the system damage by backing up the file in .log format while we use a computer