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Registry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList

Values

Name Default/typical value
Default %SystemDrive%\Users\Default The name for this value is Default, it's not the registry key's default value.
ProfilesDirectory %SystemDrive%\Users
ProgramData %SystemDrive%\ProgramData
Public %SystemDrive%\Users\Public

Subkeys

Keys under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList correspond to SIDs of user accounts (profiles).
These subkeys include the three special SIDs S-1-5-18 (NT Authority\System), S-1-5-19 (NT Authority\Local Service) and S-1-5-20 (NT Authority\Network Service) as well as the SIDs of the «ordinary» users such as S-1-5-21-do-ma-in-1000, S-1-5-21-do-ma-in-1001 etc.

See also

The parent registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion.

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