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Expand Up @@ -163,14 +163,14 @@ ignore failures returned by **EventRegister**. In case of failure,
uses of the RegHandle (i.e. in calls to **EventWrite** and **EventUnregister**)
will have no effect.

Each process can register up to 1,024 providers. However, you should limit the
number of providers that your component registers to one or two. This limit
includes providers registered using this function and providers registered using
**Prior to Windows Vista:** there was no specific limit to the number of
providers that a process can register. Starting with **Windows 7** each process
can register up to 1,024 providers. In **Windows 8** and later each process can
register up to 2048 providers. However, you should limit the number of providers
that your component registers to one or two. This limit includes providers
registered using this function and providers registered using
[RegisterTraceGuids](/windows/desktop/ETW/registertraceguids).

**Prior to Windows Vista:** There is no specific limit to the number of
providers that a process can register.

## -see-also

[EnableCallback](/windows/desktop/api/evntprov/nc-evntprov-penablecallback)
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