REG_SZ : String
generally easily readable ending with a 0.
Program names, paths, version numbers and 0/1
settings are REG_SZ entries. Can contain unicode
characters, not only ASCII. |
REG_DWORD : Double
word, 2 16-bit words, which makes 32 bits. Can
contain integers until 2 to the power of 32. Many
driver and service related entries are REG_DWORD
entries. |
REG_BINARY : Raw
binary data without ending character, like
entries related to hardware. Many of those
entries can be viewed with Windows NT's
Winmsdp.exe diagnosis tool. |
REG_MULTI_SZ : Gathers
several unicode character strings. Multiple
values separated by a null character (ASCII code
0). It is a string made of text data that the
null character makes readable. BIOS version
information is an example of REG_MULTI_SZ data. |
REG_EXPAND_SZ : Data
string of variable length containing values such
as %SystemRoot%, which the
system will replace with c:\winnt
for example. Similar to REG_SZ entries. |
See
the .reg
and .inf files section
for more information. See also Paul Robichaux's Managing
the Windows NT Registry for more
information about the various types of registry
entries. |