Catalog, Property, and Scope Registry Entries

Note

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Catalogs on the system are included as subkeys of the key

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ContentIndex\Catalogs.

The subkey for each catalog contains the following entries.

Registry Name	Description
CatalogInactive	Controls whether a catalog is active.
Location	Path to the catalog directory.
Properties	Subkey that contains a list of entries that are combinations of property set identifiers and property names or identifiers, each specifying information for a property to cache.
Scopes	Subkey that contains a list of strings, each containing one scope definition for the catalog.

 

Each catalog subkey can include an alternative entry with a name identical to many in the Main Registry Entries. When an alternative entry occurs in a catalog subkey, the value of that entry takes precedence over the value of the global, main registry entry.