Overview of Registry Trees and Keys
This section contains the following topics which describe the use of registry keys for device and driver installation: Overview of Registry Keys HKLMSYSTEMCurrentControlSetServices Registry Tree The HKLMSYSTEMCurrentControlSetServices registry tree stores information about each service on the system. Each driver has a key of the form HKLMSYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesDriverName. The PnP manager passes this path of a driver in the RegistryPath parameter when it calls the driver’s DriverEntry routine. A driver can store global driver-defined data under its key in the Services tree. Information that is stored under this key is available to the driver during its initialization. HKLMSYSTEMCurrentControlSetControl Registry Tree The HKLMSYSTEMCurrentControlSetControl […]
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