The Registry event trigger monitors a change in a registry tree, registry key or registry value. Registry changes can be monitored remotely, reacts directly and changes are not dependent on the polling interval. The event will be fired directly when a change occur. Many programs and Windows itself stores information and change information during a Windows session. This event trigger is based on WMI.
You can look at the registry settings by starting "regedit.exe" from a Windows command window.
Registry event type
The registry can be monitored for changes in the following ways:
| • | "RegistryKeyChange" - represents changes to a specific key. The changes apply only to the key, not its sub keys |
| • | "RegistryTreeChange" - represents changes to a key and its sub keys |
| • | "RegistryValueChange" - represents changes to a single value of a specific key |
Hive
Name of the hive that contains the key (or keys) that is changed.
Registry key path
Path to the registry key. Use backspaces to separate trees. Do not start with a backspace. Registry Key
path example: "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\DirectX"
Registry value name
Name of the value in the registry key.
Example: "InstalledVersion" located in RegistryKeyPath: SOFTWARE\Microsoft\DirectX.