HKEY_CURRENT_USER
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HKEY_CURRENT_USER is a primary Windows Registry hive that stores configuration settings and preferences specific to the currently logged-in user.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| HKEY_CURRENT_USER canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8287009 — 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: HKEY_CURRENT_USER Context triple: [Windows Registry, topLevelKey, HKEY_CURRENT_USER]
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A.
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT is a primary Windows Registry hive that stores information about file associations, COM objects, and class registrations used by the operating system and applications.
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B.
Windows Registry
The Windows Registry is a hierarchical database in Microsoft Windows that stores low-level settings and configuration information for the operating system and installed applications.
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C.
Registry Editor
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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D.
HCKE
HCKE is the official abbreviation for HC Košice, a professional ice hockey club based in Košice, Slovakia.
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E.
Kernel32
Kernel32 is a core Windows system library that provides fundamental kernel-level functions for process, memory, and thread management in the Win32 API.
- 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: HKEY_CURRENT_USER Target entity description: HKEY_CURRENT_USER is a primary Windows Registry hive that stores configuration settings and preferences specific to the currently logged-in user.
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A.
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT is a primary Windows Registry hive that stores information about file associations, COM objects, and class registrations used by the operating system and applications.
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B.
Windows Registry
The Windows Registry is a hierarchical database in Microsoft Windows that stores low-level settings and configuration information for the operating system and installed applications.
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C.
Registry Editor
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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D.
HCKE
HCKE is the official abbreviation for HC Košice, a professional ice hockey club based in Košice, Slovakia.
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E.
Kernel32
Kernel32 is a core Windows system library that provides fundamental kernel-level functions for process, memory, and thread management in the Win32 API.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Windows Registry hive
ⓘ
registry key ⓘ |
| abbreviation | HKCU ⓘ |
| accessPathInRegistryEditor | Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER ⓘ |
| affects |
appearance settings for current user
ⓘ
behavior of Windows shell for current user ⓘ startup programs for current user ⓘ user-specific application behavior ⓘ |
| contains |
subkeys
ⓘ
values ⓘ |
| correspondsToSubkeyUnder | HKEY_USERS ⓘ |
| doesNotApplyTo | other user profiles ⓘ |
| introducedIn | early versions of Windows NT family ⓘ |
| isLoadedAt | user logon ⓘ |
| isTopLevelKey | true ⓘ |
| isUnloadedAt | user logoff ⓘ |
| logicalMirrorOf | HKEY_USERS ⓘ |
| modifiableBy |
Group Policy
ⓘ
Registry Editor ⓘ Windows APIs ⓘ
linked to:
Win32 API
applications ⓘ |
| partOf | Windows Registry ⓘ |
| pathExample |
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel
ⓘ
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Environment ⓘ HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Keyboard Layout ⓘ HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software ⓘ HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer ⓘ |
| relatedHive |
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
ⓘ
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE ⓘ HKEY_USERS ⓘ |
| scope | currently logged-in user ⓘ |
| securityContext | current user account ⓘ |
| stores |
Control Panel settings
ⓘ
Explorer settings ⓘ accessibility settings ⓘ application-specific settings ⓘ desktop settings ⓘ environment variables for current user ⓘ file association settings ⓘ input method settings ⓘ keyboard layout settings ⓘ mapped drive settings ⓘ network and printer connection settings ⓘ user interface preferences ⓘ user-specific configuration settings ⓘ user-specific preferences ⓘ user-specific security settings ⓘ |
| usedInOperatingSystem |
Microsoft Windows
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows
|
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: HKEY_CURRENT_USER Description of subject: HKEY_CURRENT_USER is a primary Windows Registry hive that stores configuration settings and preferences specific to the currently logged-in user.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.