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Hey, I was looking at the different Registery hacks you could do on Windows​ 8.1 and I'm just curious what the different folders contain, H_KEY ROOT, H_KEY CURRENT USERS, H_KEY SOFTWARE....
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Broadly, those segregate the settings according to user profile. Ultimately, the registry is designed to hold global settings and contains a lot of OS integral stuff.

HKRT -> Totally universal stuff across the system
HKLM -> Designed for the local computer, most of the hacks end up here.
HKCU -> Only for the current user account
HKSW -> Global settings for software like uninstall paths and stuff

It's extremely broad what each category has and there's a lot of overlap.
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Broadly, those segregate the settings according to user profile. Ultimately, the registry is designed to hold global settings and contains a lot of OS integral stuff.

HKRT -> Totally universal stuff across the system
HKLM -> Designed for the local computer, most of the hacks end up here.
HKCU -> Only for the current user account
HKSW -> Global settings for software like uninstall paths and stuff

It's extremely broad what each category has and there's a lot of overlap.
 
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