XADM: Registry Key Modifications Made During Setup

ID: Q147374

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Exchange Server, versions 4.0, 5.0, 5.5

SUMMARY

This article lists the registry modifications made during a normal setup of Microsoft Exchange Server on a Windows NT Server computer. These registry entries are added when you set up a new Exchange Server computer in a new Exchange Site.

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Exchange Services


 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
   \SYSTEM
     \CurrentControlSet
       \Services
         \<Exchange Service>

Where <Exchange Service> is MSExchangeDS, MSExchangeDX, MSExchangeIS, MSExchangeMTA, MSExchangeMSMI, and MSExchangeSA. These are used to record the settings used by the individual Exchange services.

Event Log Settings


 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
   \SYSTEM
     \CurrentControlSet
       \Services
         \EventLog
           \Application
             \&lt;Exchange Service&gt;

Where <Exchange Service> is MSExchangeDS, MSExchangeIS, MSExchangeMTA, MSExchangePrivateIS, MSExchangePublicIS, and MSExchangeSA. These are used to record the settings used by Event Log for the various Exchange services.

Licensing Settings


 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
   \SYSTEM
     \CurrentControlSet
       \Services
         \LicenseInfo
           \MSExchangeIS

This is used for the license settings of Exchange.

Detect Previous Installations


 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
   \SOFTWARE
     \Microsoft
       \Exchange
         \Setup

This is used by the Exchange setup program to detect that Exchange is already installed and where it is installed.

Exchange Admin Settings


 HKEY_CURRENT_USER
   \Software
     \Microsoft
       \Exchange
         \MSExchangeAdmin

For a full list of the values that are set during Exchange Server setup, see the following files: ADMIN.INS, MSMCON.INS, SERVER.INS, SHARED.INS, SMTP.INS.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbenv XADM exc4 exc5 exc55
Version : winnt:4.0,5.0,5.5
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbinfo