overview-of-registry-trees-and-keys.md

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Registry Trees for Devices and Drivers	Registry Trees for Devices and Drivers	hardware keys WDK device installations registry WDK device installations software keys WDK device installations device installations WDK , registry installing devices WDK , registry Device setup WDK device installations , registry debugging device	04/20/2017

Registry Trees for Devices and Drivers

The following trees in the registry are of particular interest to driver writers (where HKLM represents HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE):

• HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services Registry Tree

• HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control Registry Tree

• HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum Registry Tree

• HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\HardwareProfiles Registry Tree

For information on accessing registry keys from WDF (KMDF or UMDF) drivers, see Introduction to Registry Keys for Drivers.

For information on accessing registry keys from WDM drivers, see Plug and Play Registry Routines.