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I don't know if they've changed it, but I can think of one very simple disadvantage to the registry in about five seconds, and that is that they combined window
by throwaway675309 5y ago
I don't know if they've changed it, but I can think of one very simple disadvantage to the registry in about five seconds, and that is that they combined windows registry settings and user application registry settings into the same registry which meant that they were acting in the same space which from a security / permission standpoint as well as from a possible data loss and corruption standpoint is TERRIBLE; they should've had physically separate registry hive files for each of these spaces to keep them separate and protected.
- dataflow 5y agoI don't follow, sorry. They aren't in the same "space" any more than files are in the same "space". Users put files in C:\ and so does the system, so filesystems are terrible?
- legalcorrection 5y agoMore poorly informed registry bashing. 1. Every registry key can have its own ACL (Access Control List). So you can have highly granular permissions. 2. "The registry" is not stored in one file. It's actually a few different hives which are stored as separate files. Your user-level registry settings are stored in your user profile (i.e. home directory) and roams with your user account to different machines in a domain.