Finding user in registry

[Mac]

Under NT, how do I find out where the current logged-in user's registry key
is? All I see is the S-1-5-21-1910650568-191129482-1435325219-3407 type entry
under HKEY_USERS. I expected HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities to point me to
that place, but it doesn't.

Basically, I want to build a simple program that will write registry entries
to alter a program's behaviour on a per-user basis (i.e. each user may have
a different set-up) without the pain of having to visit each machine. Obviously
in this case, a REG file won't cut it because it will be unable to identify
the user's individual reg key.

[bob butler]

Mac <ian.northwood@mail.com> wrote in message news:394f2a5a@news.devx.com...
>
> Under NT, how do I find out where the current logged-in user's registry
key
> is? All I see is the S-1-5-21-1910650568-191129482-1435325219-3407 type
entry
> under HKEY_USERS. I expected HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities to point me to
> that place, but it doesn't.

I think you are making this harder thn it is... HKEY_CURRENT_USER is a link
to the the active HKEY_USERS\xxxxxxxxxxx key. If you write, for example, to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\MyApp\whatever you'll see "MyApp\whatever" show
up under one of the keys under HKEY_USERS

[bob butler]

Mac <ian.northwood@mail.com> wrote in message news:394f2a5a@news.devx.com...
>
> Under NT, how do I find out where the current logged-in user's registry
key
> is? All I see is the S-1-5-21-1910650568-191129482-1435325219-3407 type
entry
> under HKEY_USERS. I expected HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities to point me to
> that place, but it doesn't.

I think you are making this harder thn it is... HKEY_CURRENT_USER is a link
to the the active HKEY_USERS\xxxxxxxxxxx key. If you write, for example, to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\MyApp\whatever you'll see "MyApp\whatever" show
up under one of the keys under HKEY_USERS