Registry Editor
Specifies registry keys and values to be added to the registry of a target computer.
To access Registry Editor, on the View menu, point to Editor, and then click Registry when a deployment project is selected in Solution Explorer.
The Registry Editor is divided into two parts: a navigation pane on the left and a detail pane on the right. The navigation pane contains a hierarchical list of registry hives that represent the registry on a target computer (a hive is group of keys, subkeys, and values in the registry). When a registry hive is selected in the navigation pane, any registry entries that will be added for that hive are displayed in the detail pane.
Folder |
Description |
|---|---|
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT |
Corresponds to the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT hive on the target computer. Subkeys and values entered under this hive will always be installed under this hive. |
HKEY_CURRENT_USER |
Corresponds to the HKEY_CURRENT_USER hive on the target computer. Subkeys and values entered under this hive will always be installed under this hive. |
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE |
Corresponds to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE hive on the target computer. Subkeys and values entered under this hive will always be installed under this hive. |
HKEY_USERS |
Corresponds to the HKEY_USERS hive on the target computer. Subkeys and values entered under this hive will always be installed under this hive. |
User/Machine Hive |
Subkeys and values entered under this hive will be installed under the HKEY_CURRENT_USER hive when a user chooses Just Me or the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE hive or when a user chooses Everyone during installation. |
User Interface Element List
Element |
Description |
|---|---|
Name column |
Contains a list of registry entries, arranged alphabetically, for the selected registry key. |
Value column |
Contains a list of values for each registry entry. The value displayed here will appear in the Data column in the Windows Registry Editor on the target computer. |