What data types are available in the registry?
John Savill
March 4, 1999
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A. Below is a table of data types supported by Regedt32.exe, regedit.exe does not support REG_EXPAND_SZ or REG_MULTI_SZ
REG_BINARY | This is raw binary data |
REG_DWORD | This is a double word (4 bytes). It can be displayed in binary, hexadecimal or decimal format |
REG_EXPAND_SZ | An expandable text string that contains a variable (for example %systemroot%) |
REG_MULTI_SZ | A multiple line string. Each "line" is separated by a null |
REG_SZ | A text string |
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