Desktop Registry Structure

The following list describes the desktop registry structure used by Windows CE Services and the corresponding identifiers used in CEUTIL to refer to particular keys in the structure:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows CE Services, hereafter referred to as MACHINE_ROOT, stores general information.
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows CE Service, hereafter referred to as LOCAL_ROOT, stores partnership information.

The first time a device is connected to a desktop computer and a partnership is created, the various synchronization and filter settings are copied from the MACHINE_ROOT to the partnership subkey under LOCAL_ROOT.