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It isn’t a single file. There are multiple “hives” to the registry. There is at a minimum the SECURITY, SAM, SYSTEM and BCD “hives” that are all individual file
by helloooooooo 4y ago
It isn’t a single file. There are multiple “hives” to the registry. There is at a minimum the SECURITY, SAM, SYSTEM and BCD “hives” that are all individual files on disk. Additionally, individual UWP apps can have their own isolated hive if need be.
- magicalhippo 4y agoRelated documentation: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/sysinfo/registry-hives https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/sysinfo/regis...