Overview of Registry Rootkeys
This table gives an overview of all common registry rootkeys. Some rootkeys are not absolute rootkeys but are
symbolic links to subkeys of one of the two main rootkeys HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and
HKEY_USERS. This explains why only these two registry rootkeys get searched when
using the search functionality in Registrar to perform a global search on the
entire registry.
Rootkey
Abbreviation
Type
Points to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
HKLM
absolute
-
HKEY_USERS
HKU
absolute
-
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
HKLM
symbolic
link
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes
HKEY_CURRENT_USER
HKCU
symbolic
link
a subkey of
HKEY_USERS containing user profile
HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG
HKCC
symbolic
link
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\
CurrentControlSet\ Control\IDConfigDB\Hardware
HKEY_DYN_DATA
HKDD
virtual
rootkey
Virtual
registry rootkey
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