What registry keys do the Control Panel applets update?

John Savill

March 4, 1999

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A. A. The table below shows the control panel applet and the corresponding registry area, those not shown are stored in multiple areas.

Accessibility Options

HKEY_CURRENT_USERControl PanelAccessibility

Date/Time

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlTimeZoneInformation

Devices

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServices

Display

HKEY_CURRENT_USERControl PanelDesktop and HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEHARDWARERESOURCEMAPVIDEO

Fonts

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionFonts

Internet

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionInternet Settings

Keyboard

HKEY_CURRENT_USERControl PanelDesktop

Modems

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionUnimodem

Mouse

HKEY_CURRENT_USERControl PanelMouse

Multimedia

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftMultimedia

Ports

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEHARDWARERESOURCEMAP

Printers

HKEY_CURRENT_USERPrinters

Regional Settins

HKEY_CURRENT_USERControl PanelInternational

SCSI Adapters

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEHARDWARERESOURCEMAPScsiAdapter

Services

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServices

Sounds

HKEY_CURRENT_USERAppEventsSchemesApps.Default

Tape devices

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEHARDWARERESOURCEMAPOtherDriversTapeDevices

Telephony

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionTelephony

UPS

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesUPS

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