Windows 7 Registry Settings – Comprehensive Documentation

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Is there some documentation on the various Windows 7 registry settings,
preferably from Microsoft or in some kind of Wiki?
E.g., what settings exist for the Taskbar, Start Menu, Explorer, etc?

I've found some 'tweak' sites but they usually only offer information for a few features and even that is mostly hidden in reg files and poorly documented.

Best Answer

As Harrymc pointed out, you're not going to get every key, but Microsoft does actually offer quite a bit of info on the registry and it's all on support.microsoft.com. Not exactly sure what you're looking for, but you may just be able to find it there.

Head over to there, and type "REG: entries" in to the Bing search box and hit enter.

You'll get like 5000 results, many like these:

• REG: Microsoft Mail Entries, PART 2 (102962) - This is the second of three articles on the MS Mail entries; for the other entries, see "Microsoft Mail Entries, Part 1" and "Microsoft Mail Entries, Part 3". REGISTRY ENTRIES FOR ... http://support.microsoft.com/kb/102962/en-us

• REG: Device Driver Entries, PART 5
(102992) - The article contains REGISTRY entries for Sound Card and Video Drivers. These subgroups are included: Sound Card DriversVideo Device DriverVideo Information in the DeviceMap ... http://support.microsoft.com/kb/102992/en-us

• REG: Subsystems Entries, PART 2
(102972) - This is the second of two articles on these entries; for the other entries, see "Registry Entries for Subsystems, Part 1". REGISTRY ENTRIES FOR SUBSYSTEMS This section describes ... http://support.microsoft.com/kb/102972/en-us

• REG: CurrentControlSet Entries PART 3 (102986) - The article contains REGISTRY entries for the CurrentControlSet\Control Subkeys Part 3: SetupTimeZoneInformationVirtualDeviceDriversWindowsWOW For listings of the other control ... http://support.microsoft.com/kb/102986/en-us

So you've got lots of reading material available. ;)

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