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Smith, an employee of a reputed forensic Investigation firm, has been hired by a private organization to investigate a laptop that is suspected to be involved in hacking of organization DC server. Smi

The correct answer is C. RunMRU key. The RunMRU (Most Recently Used) registry key at HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RunMRU stores a history of every command typed into the Start -> Run dialog box. UserAssist tracks GUI program launches, MountedDevices records connected storage d

Submitted by joshua94· Apr 18, 2026Disk Forensics

Question

Smith, an employee of a reputed forensic Investigation firm, has been hired by a private organization to investigate a laptop that is suspected to be involved in hacking of organization DC server. Smith wants to find all the values typed into the Run box in the Start menu. Which of the following registry key Smith will check to find the above information?

Options

  • AUserAssist Key
  • BMountedDevices key
  • CRunMRU key
  • DTypedURLs key

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  • A
    3% (1)
  • B
    3% (1)
  • C
    94% (31)

Explanation

The RunMRU (Most Recently Used) registry key at HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RunMRU stores a history of every command typed into the Start -> Run dialog box. UserAssist tracks GUI program launches, MountedDevices records connected storage devices, and TypedURLs stores URLs entered directly into Internet Explorer's address bar - none of these capture Run dialog history.

Topics

#Registry forensics#Windows Registry#Run box history#Forensic artifacts

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