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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