| COM+ | HKLM\Software\Microsoft\COM3 | This hive has many entries for the COM+ catalog |
GetSetting and SaveSetting VB functions | HKCU\Software\VB and VBA Program Settings | this key has a subkey for each AppName submitted to the SaveSetting VBfunction |
| Drive Mappings | HKCU\Network | This key has one sub-key for each drive mapping on the system. Each sub-key has an entry called RemotePath (among others) to indicate the path the drive is mapped to. |
| Drive Mappings (Windows 7) | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2 | This key contains a subkey for each drive mapping. Each subkey contains an entry called _LabelFromReg which can be edited much like renaming a drive mapping in Windows Explorer, but without the restriction on length. |
| Application Paths | HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\App Paths | This key has one sub-key for per application. The name of each sub-key is the short name of the EXE file (e.g., winword.exe). Each sub-key has the full path to the EXE file as its default entry. |
| Add/Remove Programs Listing | HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Management\ARPCache | This key has one sub-key per application installed. Some of them are GUIDs |
| Installed versions of .NET Framework | HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\NET Framework Setup\NDP | This key has one sub-key for each version of the .NET framework installed |
| Internet Explorer menu bar visiblity | HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\AlwaysShowMenus (REG_DWORD) | If 1, menu bar is always visible; if 0 (zero), menu bar is visible only when user presses Alt key. |
| Registry Editor favorites | HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Regedit\Favorites | |