Actually, it's a combination of several such databases, some system-wide and some per-user. And they're held in files. So if "I don't even give a damn what fo

Actually, it's a combination of several such databases, some system-wide and some per-user. And they're held in files. So if "I don't even give a damn what format the file is in" were true, registry hive files are not a problem per se. They are just files, too. They are just not text files, as many database files on computers are not.