13. Most Common Registry Data Types

• Binary value REG_BINARY [0x3]

  • Raw 0s and 1s; generally displayed in hex

• Numeric value REG_DWORD [0x4]

  • 32-bit (4-byte, or double word) numeric value

• String values:

  • Single, fixed-length string REG_SZ [0x1]

  • Multiple strings REG_MULTI_SZ [0x7] contain lists of values delimited by spaces or commas

  • Variable-length strings REG_EXPAND_SZ [0x2]