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Registry Keys Are Limited to 60 KB Each

Article ID: 122867

Article Last Modified on 11/15/2006


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SUMMARY

The Windows 95 registry is limited to approximately 60 kilobytes (KB) per key. This limit consists of value names, value data, and some fixed overhead.

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This limitation has been removed in Microsoft Windows 98. However, if you create a registry hive with a key larger than 60 KB in Windows 98 and then load the hive on a Windows 95-based computer, extra information (values and their data) is lost.

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