{"id":29923,"date":"2012-04-03T16:18:39","date_gmt":"2012-04-03T16:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=29923"},"modified":"2012-04-03T16:18:39","modified_gmt":"2012-04-03T16:18:39","slug":"windows-guides-what-do-hkcr-hkcu-hklm-hku-and-hkcc-mean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/windows-guides-what-do-hkcr-hkcu-hklm-hku-and-hkcc-mean\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows Guides: What Do HKCR, HKCU, HKLM, HKU, and HKCC Mean?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mintywhite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/registry-keys01.png?c3a98b\" alt=\"What Do HKCR, HKCU, HKLM, HKU, and HKCC Mean?\" title=\"What Do HKCR, HKCU, HKLM, HKU, and HKCC Mean? \" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-28703\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By Rich Robinson for Windows Guides<\/p>\n<h3>What Do HKCR, HKCU, HKLM, HKU, and HKCC Mean? (Registry Root Keys)<\/h3>\n<p><em>Note: To get a better understanding of Windows Registry basics, read <a href=\"http:\/\/mintywhite.com\/windows-7\/7security\/working-with-the-windows-registry\/\" target=\"_blank\">this guide<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re somewhat familiar with the Windows Registry, you\u2019ve no doubt seen references to HKCR, HKCU, HKLM, HKU, and HKCC. These abbreviations represent the five root keys in the Windows Registry:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT (HKCR)<br \/>\n\u2022HKEY_CURRENT_USER (HKCU)<br \/>\n\u2022HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE (HKLM)<br \/>\n\u2022HKEY_USERS (HKU)<br \/>\n\u2022HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG (HKCC)<\/p>\n<p>You can view these by opening the Windows Registry Editor (Click Start, type regedit, and pres Enter):<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/mintywhite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/registry-keys01.png?c3a98b\" title=\"reg keys\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"268\" height=\"199\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This guide explains the basics on what each root key represents and what settings you can expect to find under each. I wrote this guide to help clarify the fundamentals of the registry and provide insight into what each root key does.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/mintywhite.com\/vista\/hkcr-hkcu-hklm-hku-hkcc-registry-root-keys\/\" target=\"_blank\">Article Continued Here<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mintywhite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/registry-keys01.png?c3a98b\" alt=\"What Do HKCR, HKCU, HKLM, HKU, and HKCC Mean?\" title=\"What Do HKCR, HKCU, HKLM, HKU, and HKCC Mean? \" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-28703\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This guide explains the basics on what each root key represents and what settings you can expect to find under each. I wrote this guide to help clarify the fundamentals of the registry and provide insight into what each root key does.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":66012,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[3883],"tags":[3937,3884],"class_list":["post-29923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-windows-guides","tag-registry","tag-windows-guides-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What Do HKCR, HKCU, HKLM, HKU, and HKCC Mean?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This guide explains the basics on what each root key represents and what settings you can expect to find under each. 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