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Preface 
 The Inventory and Compatibility appraisal service ( InventorySvc ) on Windows is interesting.
As its name suggests, this service (let’s call it “the appraisal service” hereinafter) has something to do with the compatibility workarounds that Microsoft maintains for old applications ( this article on MSDN is probably relevant). 
 Unfortunately, the appraisal…
On Windows 11, every time I open and close a File Explorer window, it leaks about 140 Key handles to HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CommandStore and some registry keys under CommandStore\shell , like HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CommandStore\shell\Windows.properties .
I noticed this issue at the end of last year and reproduced it on both…
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