what the fuck is the point of windows registry?

>>58048849
To break your shit if you even think about messing with it.

>>58048849
Keep program settings in a single location, as well as OS settings.

This also means that it's a single point of failure.

to fuck your mom obviously

>>58048849
Saving some shit even if user is "wow never met this folder before, guess i'm deleting it"

>>58048849
To save settings
like apple plists or linux config files

>>58048849
To have a way of storing information that's not the filesystem because NTFS sucks.

>>58048913

what is system32 then?

>>58049669

registry is stored in a database file homie

>>58049762
The filesystem is just a database on disk homie

>>58050168
And the registry is stored in said filesystem database, homie

>hentaikey

>>58049762

>what is system32 then?

A folder that you can't delete since Windows 98 but ignorant people who haven't even tried to delete it keep memeing about.

>>58048895
>/g/: Technology

>>58050322
I've done it on an XP VM, can't remove the folder itself and many of its files but a recursive delete will still fuck the system.

>>58048849
To fill with bloat

>>58048849
because they could not figured out how to make an /etc directory for systemwide config files like linux has. and they just threw everything in C:/windows/* like a child with a messy bedroom

>>58050850
>implying /etc is unique to or even creditable to Linux

>>58048887
>single point of failure
>not being able to grasp the concept of registry hives

Please go back to linux threads

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To be as unpleasant as humanly possible.

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>>58048849
I just used it yesterday to fix a grayed out 'Always use this program to open this type of file' button for .py files

>>58048849
it's a database

>>58048849
It registers your keyclicks and sends it to the nsa. Delete it if you want to be safe.

>>58048849
the only correct answer is:
DON'T FUCK WITH IT.

>t. actual seasoned computer expert, not some snively snot-nosed "going for my CS degree with daddy's money" brat

>>58053716
what is this >.t meme going around? please do the needful.

>>58053833
>do the needful
fuck off and pooh in a loo, pajeet

>>58053866
lol i knew someone would say that if i said "do the pooful"

>>58048849
>what the fuck is the point of windows
FTFY

>>58048849
Russian hackers

>>58048849
It's pointless; delete it and enjoy your debloated system!

I wish every program was portable

>>58053833
im not telling you
but its unnecessary to greentext it

>>58053833
“t.” is shorthand for terveisin, which is Finnish for “with regards”.