Win32 provides a centralized configuration database, which is accessible remotely. The registry is designed to solve the problem of multiple, unmaintainable configuration files. This is an extension of the Win3.1 registration functions.
The registry functions include:
| Function | Description |
| RegCloseKey | |
| RegCreateKey | |
| RegCreateKeyEx | |
| RegDeleteKey | |
| RegDeleteValue | |
| RegEnumKey | |
| RegEnumKeyEx | |
| RegEnumValue | |
| RegFlushKey | |
| RegNotifyChangeKeyValue | |
| RegOpenKey | |
| RegOpenKeyEx | |
| RegOpenRegistry | |
| RegQueryInfoKey | |
| RegQueryValue | |
| RegQueryValueEx | |
| RegRestoreKey | |
| RegSaveKey | |
| RegSetValue | |
| RegSetValueEx |