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Is the Windows Registry localized?

When programming reads of the Windows Registry, do the registry keys and
values need to be localized for international use?

For example, do I need to convert the key name
L"\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows" into Japanese, Korean, etc., for use in
those markets?

Thanks experts!

Dec 29 '05 #1
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Mark,
For example, do I need to convert the key name
L"\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows" into Japanese, Korean, etc., for use in
those markets?


In general they are not localized, but I'm sure there are exceptions.
Mattias

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Dec 29 '05 #2
Hi Mark,

I agree with Mattias that most key/values in windows registry are not
localized since registry are mainly used by windows system service and
programs, storing the data as pure ascii chars will much ease the
read/write operation and improve performance.... Also, for most application
specific registry entries, they're also using ascii chars as prefered text
format, only when there need to store some value which also need to be
viewed or modified by end user(with localized format....)

Thanks,

Steven Cheng
Microsoft Online Support

Get Secure! www.microsoft.com/security
(This posting is provided "AS IS", with no warranties, and confers no
rights.)
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| From: Mattias Sjögren <ma********************@mvps.org>
| Subject: Re: Is the Windows Registry localized?
| Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 19:59:37 +0100
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| X-Tomcat-NG: microsoft.public.dotnet.general
|
| Mark,
|
| >For example, do I need to convert the key name
| >L"\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows" into Japanese, Korean, etc., for use
in
| >those markets?
|
| In general they are not localized, but I'm sure there are exceptions.
|
|
| Mattias
|
| --
| Mattias Sjögren [C# MVP] mattias @ mvps.org
| http://www.msjogren.net/dotnet/ | http://www.dotnetinterop.com
| Please reply only to the newsgroup.
|

Dec 30 '05 #3
Hi Mark,

Have you got any further idea on this? If there're anything else we can
help, please feel free to post here.

Regards,

Steven Cheng
Microsoft Online Support

Get Secure! www.microsoft.com/security
(This posting is provided "AS IS", with no warranties, and confers no
rights.)
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<ez*************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl>
| MIME-Version: 1.0
| Content-Type: text/plain
| Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
| From: st*****@online.microsoft.com (Steven Cheng[MSFT])
| Organization: Microsoft
| Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 01:30:57 GMT
| Subject: Re: Is the Windows Registry localized?
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| NNTP-Posting-Host: tomcatimport2.phx.gbl 10.201.218.182
|
| Hi Mark,
|
| I agree with Mattias that most key/values in windows registry are not
| localized since registry are mainly used by windows system service and
| programs, storing the data as pure ascii chars will much ease the
| read/write operation and improve performance.... Also, for most
application
| specific registry entries, they're also using ascii chars as prefered
text
| format, only when there need to store some value which also need to be
| viewed or modified by end user(with localized format....)
|
| Thanks,
|
| Steven Cheng
| Microsoft Online Support
|
| Get Secure! www.microsoft.com/security
| (This posting is provided "AS IS", with no warranties, and confers no
| rights.)
|
|
| --------------------
| | From: Mattias Sjögren <ma********************@mvps.org>
| | Subject: Re: Is the Windows Registry localized?
| | Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 19:59:37 +0100
| | References: <eX**************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl>
| | X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 3.0/32.763
| | MIME-Version: 1.0
| | Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
| | Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
| | Message-ID: <ez*************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl>
| | Newsgroups: microsoft.public.dotnet.general
| | NNTP-Posting-Host: 85.8.3.112
| | Lines: 1
| | Path: TK2MSFTNGXA02.phx.gbl!TK2MSFTNGP08.phx.gbl!TK2MSFT NGP09.phx.gbl
| | Xref: TK2MSFTNGXA02.phx.gbl microsoft.public.dotnet.general:185231
| | X-Tomcat-NG: microsoft.public.dotnet.general
| |
| | Mark,
| |
| | >For example, do I need to convert the key name
| | >L"\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows" into Japanese, Korean, etc., for use
| in
| | >those markets?
| |
| | In general they are not localized, but I'm sure there are exceptions.
| |
| |
| | Mattias
| |
| | --
| | Mattias Sjögren [C# MVP] mattias @ mvps.org
| | http://www.msjogren.net/dotnet/ | http://www.dotnetinterop.com
| | Please reply only to the newsgroup.
| |
|
|

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