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name: Windows Registry API
description: API for accessing and manipulating the Windows Registry database.
humanUrl: https://docs.microsoft.com/windows/win32/sysinfo/registry
tags:
- Configuration
- Registry
- System
- Windows
properties:
- type: Documentation
url: https://docs.microsoft.com/windows/win32/sysinfo/registry-functions
- type: Reference
url: https://docs.microsoft.com/windows/win32/sysinfo/registry-reference
aid: microsoft-windows:windows-registry-api
x-baseUrl-note: Native, in-process Windows API (no HTTP host); the previous api.windows.com base did not
resolve (DNS failure, probed 2026-11-12) and was removed.