The Registry consists of keys and values, arranged in a hierarchy.

The top-level keys

are
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
HKEY_CURRENT_USER
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
HKEY_USERS
HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG

Excels settings
Information used by Excel 2010 is stored in this Registry section:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Excel

In this section of the Registry, youll find a number of keys that contain specific values
that determine
how Excel operates.
The Registry settings are updated automatically by Excel when Excel closes.
Its important to understand that Excel reads the Windows Registry only once when
it starts up. In addition, Excel updates the Registry settings only when Excel closes normally.
If Excel crashes (unfortunately, not an uncommon occurrence), the Registry
information is not updated. For example, if you change one of Excels settings, such as
the visibility of the formula bar, this setting is not written to the Registry until Excel
closes by normal means.

Table 4-6 lists some of the Registry sections that are relevant to Excel 2010. You may
not find all
these sections in your Registry database, and you may find some others.

Before you edit the Registry . . .

You can use the regedit.exe program to change anything in the Registry, including
information
that is critical to your systems operation. In other words, if you change the wrong piece of
information, Windows may no longer work properly.
Get into the habit of choosing the FileExport command in Regedit. This command enables
you
to save an ASCII version of the entire Registry or just a specific branch of the Registry. If you
find that you messed up something, you can always import the ASCII file to restore the
Registry
to its previous condition (choose the FileImport command). Refer to the Help file for
Regedit
for details.