Registry Editor
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Registry Editor is a built-in Windows utility that allows users to view and modify the system’s hierarchical configuration database known as the Windows Registry.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Registry Editor canonical | 4 |
| Registry Editor (regedit.exe) | 1 |
| Windows Registry Editor | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T286949 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Registry Editor Context triple: [Windows, hasComponent, Registry Editor]
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A.
Armoury Chamber
The Armoury Chamber is a historic museum within Moscow's Kremlin that houses Russia's most treasured state regalia, ceremonial weapons, jewelry, and artifacts.
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B.
F Reactor
F Reactor was one of the early plutonium production reactors at the Hanford Site in Washington, built during the Manhattan Project to support the U.S. nuclear weapons program.
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C.
B Reactor
B Reactor is the world’s first full-scale plutonium production reactor, built during the Manhattan Project at the Hanford Site in Washington State.
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D.
Windows 95 Plus! Pack
Windows 95 Plus! Pack is an add-on software package for Microsoft Windows 95 that provided additional system utilities, desktop enhancements, and early internet-related features.
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E.
Windows ME
Windows ME (Millennium Edition) is a consumer-focused version of Microsoft’s Windows operating system released in 2000, known for introducing features like System Restore and Windows Movie Maker but also for its instability and frequent crashes.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Registry Editor Target entity description: Registry Editor is a built-in Windows utility that allows users to view and modify the system’s hierarchical configuration database known as the Windows Registry.
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A.
Armoury Chamber
The Armoury Chamber is a historic museum within Moscow's Kremlin that houses Russia's most treasured state regalia, ceremonial weapons, jewelry, and artifacts.
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B.
F Reactor
F Reactor was one of the early plutonium production reactors at the Hanford Site in Washington, built during the Manhattan Project to support the U.S. nuclear weapons program.
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C.
B Reactor
B Reactor is the world’s first full-scale plutonium production reactor, built during the Manhattan Project at the Hanford Site in Washington State.
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D.
Windows 95 Plus! Pack
Windows 95 Plus! Pack is an add-on software package for Microsoft Windows 95 that provided additional system utilities, desktop enhancements, and early internet-related features.
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E.
Windows ME
Windows ME (Millennium Edition) is a consumer-focused version of Microsoft’s Windows operating system released in 2000, known for introducing features like System Restore and Windows Movie Maker but also for its instability and frequent crashes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Windows utility
ⓘ
configuration tool ⓘ registry editor ⓘ |
| alternativeExecutable | regedt32.exe ⓘ |
| commandToRun | regedit ⓘ |
| dataModel | hierarchical configuration database ⓘ |
| developer | Microsoft ⓘ |
| executableName | regedit.exe ⓘ |
| fileExtensionExport | .reg ⓘ |
| includedWith |
Windows 10
ⓘ
Windows 11 ⓘ Windows 2000 ⓘ Windows 7 ⓘ Windows 8 ⓘ Windows 8.1 ⓘ Windows 95 ⓘ Windows 98 ⓘ Windows ME ⓘ Windows Vista ⓘ Windows XP ⓘ |
| isBuiltIn | true ⓘ |
| launchMethod |
Command Prompt
ⓘ
Run dialog ⓘ Windows Search ⓘ |
| manipulates | Windows Registry ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Microsoft Windows
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows
|
| primaryFunction |
modify Windows Registry
ⓘ
view Windows Registry ⓘ |
| requiresPrivilege | administrative privileges for some operations ⓘ |
| riskLevel | high if misused ⓘ |
| storesConfigurationFor |
Windows operating system
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows
hardware settings ⓘ installed applications ⓘ user profiles ⓘ |
| supportsOperation |
create registry keys
ⓘ
delete registry keys ⓘ edit registry values ⓘ export registry data ⓘ import registry data ⓘ rename registry keys ⓘ search registry keys and values ⓘ |
| topLevelHive |
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
ⓘ
HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG ⓘ HKEY_CURRENT_USER ⓘ HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE ⓘ HKEY_USERS ⓘ |
| typicalUseCase |
advanced system configuration
ⓘ
enabling or disabling hidden features ⓘ troubleshooting Windows issues ⓘ |
| userInterface | graphical user interface ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Registry Editor Description of subject: Registry Editor is a built-in Windows utility that allows users to view and modify the system’s hierarchical configuration database known as the Windows Registry.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Registry Editor
linked to: Registry Editor