Windows Registry Value Types Distribution

Not well publicized, but here's is a Windows Registry Value Types Distribution numbers and graph for an Windows 7 Ultimate registry developer machine. To understand the registry in a detail look at registry at http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/deeper-windows-registry.htm or search this blog with "Registry"

Exported DataType	Registry Data Type	Counts
"value"	REG_SZ	1417270
dword:	REG_DWORD	531122
hex:	REG_BINARY	347749
hex(2):	REG_EXPAND_SZ	28945
hex(7):	REG_MULTI_SZ	24957
hex(b):	REG_QWORD	4561
hex(0):	REG_NONE	1271
hex(8):	REG_RESOURCE_LIST	259
hex(a):	REG_RESOURCE_REQUIREMENTS_LIST	244
hex(9):	REG_FULL_RESOURCE_DESCRIPTOR	31
hex(6):	REG_LINK	0
Type Frequency		2356409

All the registry types are translated listed as follows;

"value" alias hex(1)	Default or blank	String value data with escape characters
hex alias hex(3)	REG_BINARY	Binary data (any arbitrary data)
dword alias hex(4)	REG_DWORD / REG_DWORD_LITTLE_ENDIAN	A 32-bit unsigned integer coded in little-endian format
hex(0)	REG_NONE	No type (the stored value, if any)
hex(1)	REG_SZ	A string value, normally stored and exposed in UTF-16LE (when using the Unicode version of Win32 API functions), usually terminated by a NUL character
hex(2)	REG_EXPAND_SZ	An “expandable” string value that can contain environment variables, normally stored and exposed in UTF-16LE, usually terminated by a NUL character
hex(3)	REG_BINARY	Binary data (any arbitrary data) including variable byte encoded UTF8 values
hex(4)	REG_DWORD_LITTLE_ENDIAN equivalent to REG_DWORD	A 32-bit unsigned integer coded in little-endian format
hex(5)	REG_DWORD_BIG_ENDIAN	A 32-bit unsigned integer coded in big-endian format
hex(6)	REG_LINK	A symbolic link (UNICODE) to another Registry key, specifying a root key and the path to the target key
hex(7)	REG_MULTI_SZ	A multi-string value, which is an ordered list of non-empty strings, normally stored and exposed in UTF-16LE, each one terminated by a NUL character, the list being normally terminated by a second NUL character.
hex(8)	REG_RESOURCE_LIST	A resource list
hex(9)	REG_FULL_RESOURCE_DESCRIPTOR	A resource descriptor
hex(a)	REG_RESOURCE_REQUIREMENTS_LIST	A resource requirements list
hex(b)	REG_QWORD_LITTLE_ENDIAN equivalent to REG_QWORD	A 64-bit integer little-endian (introduced in Windows XP)