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Re:Writing a Simple Windows Driver in Rust by delta_p_delta_x on Saturday February 08, 2025 @04:11PM (#42986242)
These files correspond to the HKCU registry hive. There is really no better place to put them, because even the location of %LOCALAPPDATA% and %APPDATA% can be controlled... in the registry.
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Re:Writing a Simple Windows Driver in Rust by dist-epoch on Saturday February 08, 2025 @04:21PM (#42986309)
they could have shorter names
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Re:Writing a Simple Windows Driver in Rust by p_ing on Saturday February 08, 2025 @04:57PM (#42986531)
They're transaction log files for HKCU. Microsoft typically uses GUIDs to prevent name collisions.
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Re:Writing a Simple Windows Driver in Rust by eviks on Saturday February 08, 2025 @07:02PM (#42987287)
Of course there is a better way, don't give up so easily. One immediate improvement - use a subfolder for organization, so just 1 "garbage" item instead of many.
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