Windows Registry Files

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Does anyone know the file name(s) that are associated with Windows Registry

I assume they are located somewhere in the WINDOWS\System32 folder

Thank you for your replys
 
One NTUSER.DAT for each user on the machine, some templates and repair.
%HOMEDRIVE%\Documents and Settings\Documents and
Settings\Administrator\NTUSER.DAT
%allusersprofile%\ntuser.dat
%HOMEDRIVE%\Documents and Settings\Default User\NTUSER.DAT
%HOMEDRIVE%\Documents and Settings\Documents and
Settings\LocalService\NTUSER.DAT
%HOMEDRIVE%\Documents and Settings\Documents and
Settings\NetworkService\NTUSER.DAT
%homepath%\NTUSER.DAT
%windir%\repair
%windir%\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\systemprofile

All hives are stored in %systemroot%\SYSTEM32\CONFIG. Except
HKEY_CURRENT_USER. That's stored in %homepath%.
C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here.

The major hives and their files are as follows:

Hive File BackupFile
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE SOFTWARE SOFTWARE.LOG
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SECURITY SECURITY SECURITY.LOG
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM SYSTEM SYSTEM.LOG
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SAM SAM SAM.LOG
HKEY_CURRENT_USER NTUSER.DAT ntuser.dat.LOG
HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT DEFAULT DEFAULT.LOG

Description of the Windows 2000 Registry
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...000/server/reskit/en-us/regentry/AboutReg.asp

Registry structure
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pr...elp/28e3337c-70ff-41e1-86ef-2581350712a9.mspx


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Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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