Registry Editor
Visual Studio .NET 2003
Specifies registry keys and values to be added to the registry of a target computer.
To access the 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_LOCAL_MACHINE 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_USERS hive or when a user chooses "Everyone" during installation. |
- 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.
See Also
Registry Settings Management in Deployment | Editors Used in Deployment
