I notice that Windows mail rules are stored in a different place than in XP
and it seems to be in a place where all rules would apply to all users.
Actually, it is under the HKEY_Current_User folder but ... .how does it know
which rules to apply to different users?

In XP, it was in

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities\{Identity Number}\Software\Microsoft\Outlook
Express\5.0\Rules\Mail

But, in Vista, it's in

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Outlook Express\5.0\Rules\Mail

So, they seem to have bypassed the \Identities\{Identity Number}\ route.
How can that work?

TIA,

Tom

Because there's a different Hive for each user.
That's why it's named: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Note the CURRENT part.

It is loaded from the UserProfile in documents and settings.

--

Steve Easton



"Tom Brown" <Nospam@nospam.net> wrote in message
news:OuzZ3MVnHHA.2296@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
>I notice that Windows mail rules are stored in a different place than in XP and it seems
>to be in a place where all rules would apply to all users. Actually, it is under the
>HKEY_Current_User folder but ... .how does it know which rules to apply to different
>users?
>
> In XP, it was in
>
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities\{Identity Number}\Software\Microsoft\Outlook
> Express\5.0\Rules\Mail
>
> But, in Vista, it's in
>
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Outlook Express\5.0\Rules\Mail
>
> So, they seem to have bypassed the \Identities\{Identity Number}\ route. How can that
> work?
>
> TIA,
>
> Tom
>[/color]

Steve,

Ok, that sounds reasonable. But, I wonder why XP also used Identities in
the path and it was also under HKey_Current_User? I guess I don't know what
a Hive is and that's probably the key (pardon the pun).

Tom


"Steve Easton" <admin@95isalive.com> wrote in message
news:%23lrIdbVnHHA.1216@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> Because there's a different Hive for each user.
> That's why it's named: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
> Note the CURRENT part.
>
> It is loaded from the UserProfile in documents and settings.
>
> --
>
> Steve Easton
>
>
>
> "Tom Brown" <Nospam@nospam.net> wrote in message
> news:OuzZ3MVnHHA.2296@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...[color=green]
>>I notice that Windows mail rules are stored in a different place than in
>>XP and it seems to be in a place where all rules would apply to all users.
>>Actually, it is under the HKEY_Current_User folder but ... .how does it
>>know which rules to apply to different users?
>>
>> In XP, it was in
>>
>> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities\{Identity Number}\Software\Microsoft\Outlook
>> Express\5.0\Rules\Mail
>>
>> But, in Vista, it's in
>>
>> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Outlook Express\5.0\Rules\Mail
>>
>> So, they seem to have bypassed the \Identities\{Identity Number}\ route.
>> How can that work?
>>
>> TIA,
>>
>> Tom
>>[/color]
>
>
>[/color]

HKEY_CURRENT_USER is called a hive as is HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

The hive for each user is actually the NTUSER.DAT file located at
C:\Documents and Settings\%UserName% which is loaded for the person logged on.
So, when you open regedit and look at items in HKEY_CURRENT_USER you are looking at that
users NTUSER.DAT file


--

Steve Easton


"Tom Brown" <Nospam@nospam.net> wrote in message
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> Steve,
>
> Ok, that sounds reasonable. But, I wonder why XP also used Identities in the path and
> it was also under HKey_Current_User? I guess I don't know what a Hive is and that's
> probably the key (pardon the pun).
>
> Tom
>
>
> "Steve Easton" <admin@95isalive.com> wrote in message
> news:%23lrIdbVnHHA.1216@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...[color=green]
>> Because there's a different Hive for each user.
>> That's why it's named: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
>> Note the CURRENT part.
>>
>> It is loaded from the UserProfile in documents and settings.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Steve Easton
>>
>>
>>
>> "Tom Brown" <Nospam@nospam.net> wrote in message
>> news:OuzZ3MVnHHA.2296@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...[color=darkred]
>>>I notice that Windows mail rules are stored in a different place than in XP and it
>>>seems to be in a place where all rules would apply to all users. Actually, it is under
>>>the HKEY_Current_User folder but ... .how does it know which rules to apply to
>>>different users?
>>>
>>> In XP, it was in
>>>
>>> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities\{Identity Number}\Software\Microsoft\Outlook
>>> Express\5.0\Rules\Mail
>>>
>>> But, in Vista, it's in
>>>
>>> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Outlook Express\5.0\Rules\Mail
>>>
>>> So, they seem to have bypassed the \Identities\{Identity Number}\ route. How can that
>>> work?
>>>
>>> TIA,
>>>
>>> Tom
>>>[/color]
>>
>>
>>[/color]
>[/color]