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In terms of the native API, it is viewed as a filesystem, accessed via the Object Manager like everything else. The registry is under \REGISTRY .
by JdeBP 3y ago
In terms of the native API, it is viewed as a filesystem, accessed via the Object Manager like everything else. The registry is under \REGISTRY .
- skissane 3y agoNot really, because although it is in the Object Manager namespace, it isn't composed of File objects, it is composed of Key objects. So the normal file APIs (e.g. NtOpenFile) don't work on it, instead you have to use NtOpenKey/etc If it were actually a filesystem, it would be composed of File objects, so you could manipulate it using the exact same API calls you use to manipulate files – which would mean that tools/utilities/apps which know how to manipulate files would just magically work on registry keys too.