Registry Files
Applications can save part of the registry in a file and then load the
contents of the file back into the registry. A registry file is useful when a large
amount of data is being manipulated, when many entries are being made in the
registry, or when the data is transitory and must be loaded and then unloaded
again. Applications that back up and restore parts of the registry are likely to use
registry files.
To save a key and its subkeys and values to a registry file, an application
can call the
RegSaveKey function. To write the registry file back to the registry, an application can
use the
RegLoadKey,
RegReplaceKey, or
RegRestoreKey function.
RegLoadKey loads registry data from a specified file into a specified subkey under
HKEY_USERS or
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE on the calling application's computer or on a remote computer. The function
creates the specified subkey if it does not already exist. After calling this
function, an application can use the
RegUnLoadKey function to restore the registry to its previous state.
RegReplaceKey replaces a key and all its subkeys and values in the registry with the data
contained in a specified file. The new data takes effect the next time the
system is started.
RegRestoreKey loads registry data from a specified file into a specified key on the calling
application's computer or on a remote computer. This function replaces the
subkeys and values below the specified key with the subkeys and values that follow
the top-level key in the file.
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