Desktop Registry Structure

The following list describes the desktop registry structure that is used by Windows CE Services and the corresponding identifiers that are 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 Services, hereafter referred to as local_root, stores device partnership information.

The first time a Windows CE–based device is connected to a desktop computer and a device partnership is created, the various synchronization and filter settings are copied from the machine_root to the partnership subkey under local_root.