Definition: The registry is a database on the win 32 platform that contains Operating System configuration information.
Applications can store information in the registry. Windows also stores information about every exe and dll that is run on the system.
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Storing both user and system information, including hardware configuration in the registry is a bad design feature. It is not difficult to make a pc unusable by deleting important registry keys.
