What is the purpose of these REG_BINARY keys for Office add-ins?

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While in the process of troubleshooting an Office add-in issue the other day, I noticed via procmon that Microsoft stores some binary registry keys for each add-in.

For example, under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Outlook\Addins\OneNote.OutlookAddin I see:

Similar REG_BINARY keys exist for other add-ins too... not just the Microsoft-created add-ins. Yet, I can't seem to find any information on what these specific keys are for. Is this published somewhere? Or a Microsoft mystery?

Mike B

Posted 2016-01-15T02:40:12.583

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