Why would the Registry Editor opened in a very specific branch?

Question

I was reading about the printnightmare stuff and I went ahead to check the registry to make sure everything was good. When I typed the regedit command it opened in Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Software\Microsoft\CTF\Assemblies but I have never used the editor on this machine. That looks odd to me. Should I do something else? I'm already concern.

Answer 1

Generally goes to last open location, nothing to worry about, collapse the branches, navigate to Computer and next open should be at top level.

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Answer 2

The last key is stored at :
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Regedit
LastKey
So an application could have set this value.

Answer 3

Hi,
When you start Regedit, it automatically opens the last key that was viewed. (Registry Editor in Windows XP saves the last viewed registry key in a separate location).
And this registry is related to your system IME. So if you haven't change it, I consider some related application, command or script may produced the same effect.
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Best Regards,
Carl