Device-number (000n)

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HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\ {Class-GUID}

Description

A Device-number (000n) subkey represents a particular device.

The Device-number (000n) subkeys in your registry are named by ascending, 4-digit numeric codes, beginning with 0000. Each subkey represents a particular device that is an instance of the class. These subkeys store data that applies only to that device.

The numbers of the subkeys are determined by the order in which the devices were enumerated to your system. They are not intrinsic to the device.

Because the Device-number (000n) subkeys are hardware specific, their contents vary widely. The Device-number (000n) subkeys on your computer might look quite different from the attributes described in this reference.

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The Device-number (000n) subkey is a variable representing the subkeys under the HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\ {Class-GUID} subkeys. It does not actually appear in the registry. This variable subkey displays the entries and subkeys that are common to many of the subkeys in the class-GUID subkeys under the Class subkey. The actual Device-number subkeys in your registry depend on the hardware installed on the computer or available to the system.

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To determine the type of hardware device represented by a class-GUID subkey, use a registry editor. Click the name of the class-GUID subkey (it appears as a 16-byte alphanumeric string within brackets). The device type appears in the value of the first, unnamed entry in the subkey.

Many digits in the globally unique identifier (GUID) are unique to your system. However, the three digits preceding the first hyphen are specific to the device class and are the same on all systems. For example, the three digits preceding the first hyphen in the DVD/CD-ROM drives class are always 965.

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Do not change any entries in the Class subkey or any subkey within it. The system configures these subkeys to comply with Plug and Play standards. Changing any data can prevent your computer devices from starting or operating properly.