The registry hasn't been the recommended place for Win32 app settings for well over two decades now. The guidance is to only use it for system stuff that's alre

The registry hasn't been the recommended place for Win32 app settings for well over two decades now. The guidance is to only use it for system stuff that's already these, and have config files in the standard designated locations under %AppData% (depending on whether they are machine-specific or user-specific; ideally, apps are supposed to support both).