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To be honest, it is quite complicated now as well with all of the proprietary software (sh.itjust.works)
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[-] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I still have no idea why HK is in front... why is the key hot 🤔... and what key are we talking about...

Oh, yeah, and the different key names... Windows, Windows NT (WITH a white space...), Win...

[-] dan@upvote.au 3 points 6 months ago

HKEY means "handle to registry key"... Not that that helps anything.

When code opens a file, device, etc, it's given a "handle" to it, which is an internal reference so that Windows knows which file you're reading or writing, and it keeps track of where you are in the document. Similarly, HKEY_CURRENT_USER is the handle that gives you the current user part of the registry.

[-] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months ago

I know that, the HOTKEY_* part of it was a mystery, why is the key hot... I mean, why does HK have to stand in front of it, it could be simple like just LM, CU, U (Users... still does nothing and nothing in it gets transfered as a setting in new user accounts), CR, etc.

[-] dan@upvote.au 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

It's HKEY (handle to key), not HOTKEY. That's what I was trying to say in my comment. There's no "HOTKEY".

[-] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months ago

Huh... I don't know where I've read this a long time ago, but I could swear it was HOTKEY, not HKEY... your explanation does make sense though, while what I thought never did make sense.

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