The Old New Thing

How did registry keys work in 16-bit Windows?

January 17, 2008 Jan 17, 2008 01/17/08

Raymond Chen

Back in 16-bit Windows, the registry was a very different beast. Originally, the only registry hive was , and the only things it was used for were COM object registration and file type registration. (Prior to the registry, file type registration was done in , and the only verb you could register for was "open".) The registry was stored in a ...