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For XP/2000 the file is under the user's profile folder, ntuser.dat<br />
A typical path is C:\Documents and Settings\&lt;username&gt;\ntuser<wbr />.dat
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For XP/2000 the file is under the user's profile folder, ntuser.dat
A typical path is C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\ntuser.dat

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on 2003 seems to be the same
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Regustry is stored in several files in the system32/config folder with names:<br />
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SAM.<br />
SYSTEM.<br />
SOFTWARE.<br />
DEFAULT.<br />

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Regustry is stored in several files in the system32/config folder with names:

SAM.
SYSTEM.
SOFTWARE.
DEFAULT.


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Some related info:<br />
<a href="http://perso.wanadoo.fr/tmcd2/HiveList.htm" rel="ugc">http://perso.wanadoo.fr/tmcd2/HiveList.htm</a><br />
<a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/en/advanced/help/default.asp?url=/windows2000/en/advanced/help/sag_ntregconcepts_mply.htm" rel="ugc nofollow">http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/en/advanced/help/default.asp?url=/windows2000/en/advanced/help/sag_ntregconcepts_mply.htm</a>
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Some related info:
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/tmcd2/HiveList.htm [http://perso.wanadoo.fr/tmcd2/HiveList.htm]
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/en/advanced/help/default.asp?url=/windows2000/en/advanced/help/sag_ntregconcepts_mply.htm [http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/en/advanced/help/default.asp?url=/windows2000/en/advanced/help/sag_ntregconcepts_mply.htm]

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Madshi,<br />
<br />
I noticed that there is also UsrClass.dat files in the hivelist<br />
from all the reading Ive done Ive only found reference to<br />
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System,Software,SAM,Defaul<wbr />t,UserDiff<wbr /> in the system32\config dir <br />
and theres a NTuser.dat in each users Documents and Settings dir<br />
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but I have not seen any reference to UsrClass.dat is that part of the registry as well?
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Madshi,

I noticed that there is also UsrClass.dat files in the hivelist
from all the reading Ive done Ive only found reference to

System,Software,SAM,Default,UserDiff in the system32\config dir
and theres a NTuser.dat in each users Documents and Settings dir


but I have not seen any reference to UsrClass.dat is that part of the registry as well?

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Yes, that's the content of the key &quot;HKCU\Software\Classes&quot;. It's stored seperately in XP/2003. Not sure about 2000. In NT4 it's not stored seperately, but it's part of &quot;Ntuser.dat&quot;.
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Yes, that's the content of the key "HKCU\Software\Classes". It's stored seperately in XP/2003. Not sure about 2000. In NT4 it's not stored seperately, but it's part of "Ntuser.dat".

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Can someone tell me which files are used to hold registry information for XP/2000/ and 2003?<br />
I believe its in the system32/config directory but I need any and all files names.
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Can someone tell me which files are used to hold registry information for XP/2000/ and 2003?
I believe its in the system32/config directory but I need any and all files names.

Registry Location

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