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Try opening one of these root keys by clicking the plus sign to its left;

note that more subkeys are listed underneath. A subkey also can have other

subkeys, or values. Values define aspects of the subkey. Figure 12-1 shows

an example of a subkey with some values. Notice that the Registry Editor

shows only keys—root keys and subkeys—on the left and values on the right.

Each of the root keys has a specific function, so let’s take a look at them

individually.

Figure 12-1 Typical Registry root keys, subkeys, and values

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT

Historically, the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT root key defined the standard

class objects used by Windows. A class object is a named group of functions

that defines what you can do with the object it represents. Pretty much

everything that has to do with files on the system is defined by a class object.

The Registry, for example, uses two class objects to define the JPG image

file. One object is located at HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.jpg and one at

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.jpg that covers user-specific

associations for JPG files.

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