What are Shell Extensions in the Registry and Why Are They Different on Each System

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in the Registry, under HKEY Users > S-1-5-18 > Software > Microsoft > Windows > CurrentVersion > Shell Extensions > Cached, there is a list of keys with the type "Reg Binary"I would like to know what these are and if these keys are related to the "interface" Shell, or PowerShell, because the way Windows names these 2 different components has always caused confusion for mesecondly, is it normal for 2 systems to have different keys and a different number of them? my PC has 17 of these keys under Shell Extensions > Cached, while my laptop has 12 of them instead. the last 3

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