It's far from being a single file. Registry is split to hives. Besides that, each hive is a bunch of files (actual hive, a pair of integrity logs - which was ju

It's far from being a single file. Registry is split to hives. Besides that, each hive is a bunch of files (actual hive, a pair of integrity logs - which was just one log file before Vista - and hell knows what else, some KTM-related stuff I presume): > dir /a C:\Windows\System32\config ... 29.07.2022 12:33 44 040 192 COMPONENTS 21.11.2010 10:21 1 024 COMPONENTS.LOG 29.07.2022 12:33 262 144 COMPONENTS.LOG1 14.07.2009 05:34 0 COMPONENTS.LOG2 29.07.2022 12:33 65 536 COMPONENTS{016888b9-6c6f-11de-8d1d001e0bcde3ec}.TM.blf 06.03.2021 21:44 524 288 COMPONENTS{016888b9-6c6f-11de-8d1d-001e0bcde3ec}.TMContainer00000000000000000001.regtrans-ms 29.07.2022 12:33 524 288 COMPONENTS{016888b9-6c6f-11de-8d1d-001e0bcde3ec}.TMContainer00000000000000000002.regtrans-ms