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CategoryCount

Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\EventLog\Log-name\Source-name

Data type Range Default value

REG_DWORD

0x0–0xFFFFFFFF

(None)

Description

Specifies the number of event categories defined by the source program.

This entry is required if the source uses categories and registers a category message file (as specified in the value of the CategoryMessageFile entry).

Notes

If the CategoryMessageFile entry appears in the registry for a source, then a CategoryCount entry is also required for that source.

See Also

Concepts

CategoryMessageFile