Registry View

AdminStudio 2021 | 21.0 | MSIX Editor

The Registry view enables you to view registry keys, values, and data that exist in for your MSIX package. This view also lets you add, delete, and modify the registry keys of the package.

An MSIX package typically contains the following .dat files which hold the registry information of the package:

Registry.dat
User.dat
User.Classes.dat

The Regirsty.dat file maps to the HKLM which per-machine registry entries while the per-user registry entries are mapped to the other .dat files. These are virtualized registry keys and only the MSIX package will be able to read them. These keys will not be visible in the client system registry. Note that the registry entries that are configured in the Registry view affect only your MSIX package. They do not affect any applications that are installed to the client system.

The Registry view contains the following two panes:

Registry View Panes

Pane

Description

Package Content (Middle Pane)

The Package Content pane in the middle displays all the registry keys within your MSIX Package. It displays the following two hives:

Machine
User

Machine hive contains per-machine registry keys. User hive contains per-user registry keys.

Package Content (Right Pane)

The Package Content pane in the right displays the registry values of the currently selected registry key in the Package Content middle pane.