I'm using XP Pro SP2 MCE. From time to time I need to edit the
registry. I always get lost in there. Is there a free/cheap registry
program that would make it easier for me? Maybe I could color-code a
few folders, or bookmark them, or even have a dual-panel view.

Recommendations, please?

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Awaiting your responses with baited breath, I remain, yours truly,
<*(((>< ~~~
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Words of extreme caution are in order if you are going to edit te registry
from time to time. Always make sure you have a full backup image so you can
restore the OS as it was before you bumped the hair trigger.

CCleaner: http://www.ccleaner.com/
EasyCleaner: http://personal.inet.fi/business/toniarts/ecleane.htm

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Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

Today, <*(((>< made these interesting comments ...

It isn't always true, but frequently is - you get what you pay
for. I personally use the commercial utility JV16 Powertools. It
has an outstanding Registry editor with full search capabilities.

Now, exactly what is it you want to muck around with? You must be
100%% sure that the cure is better than the disease. One mistep
and you may be doing the Bill Gates nuke-and-reinstall two-step.

No matter what you finally choose, do this - religiously: always,
always, ALWAYS set a manual Restore Point before even looking at
the Registry. If you make a blunder, chances are fair-to-good you
can boot to Safe Mode and do a Restore.

"<*(((><" ocean.net> wrote in message news:st3ff2t86tncblhf1u4k19g0sb488vv6o2@4ax.com...

Regedit fo Windows XP should already allow you to bookmark keys. Check the Favorites menu. If it's not there, try running regedt32
instead.

There are plenty of alternatives as well. You could try Lavasoft's Reghance or PCMagazine's Registry Master, both are good.

In Windows XP, *ALL* Regedt32.exe does is *OPEN* Regedit.exe.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

"Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@comcast.net> wrote in message news:%%23wCpIyXzGHA.3464@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

You mean that Regedt32 is identical to typing Regedit in the Run dialog?

Yep.

Try this.

Start | Run | Type: Regedt32 | Click OK |
Regedit.exe opens.
Leave it open.

Open the Task Manager, Ctrl + Shift + Esc.
On the Applications tab, right click Registry Editor and select Go To
Process.
Processes tab opens with regedit.exe highlighted.
Now look for Regedt32.exe under the Processes tab, you won't find it.

In Windows XP, *ALL* Regedt32.exe does is *OPEN* Regedit.exe.

That's why Regedt32.exe is only 3,584 bytes and regedit.exe is 134,144
bytes.

Regedt32.exe is in System32 and Regedit.exe is not, it's in WINDOWS.

Of course you have hacked Regedt32.exe or got one from an earlier version of
Windows. I don't remember your exact post in another thread about this. So
the above may be different for you.

Found it.

Thanks, everbody, for the warnings and the suggestions. I hadn't
noticed the "Favorites" menu in regedit! I'll try that first.

I don't do much in the registry. Sometimes I edit the comments and
other times I shorten the program names. Sometimes I set a path for
an icon. Once in a while I kill off some kind of crap -- like
WildTangent, just recently. I like to look in the registry to see
what updates are installed. That kind of thing.

I may try one of the other products, too.

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Awaiting your responses with baited breath, I remain, yours truly,
<*(((>< ~~~
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On Fri, 1 Sep 2006 00:02:29 -0400, "Alec S." <@> wrote:

"Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@comcast.net> wrote in message news:%%23tUICKZzGHA.1268@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

Not exactly. That's NOT all it does. Regedt32 calls the appropriate REGEDIT.EXE. That is, it calls the Regedit.exe in \Windows.
If ALL it did was to emulate typing "regedit" in the Run dialog, then it would run the first "Regedit" it finds irregardless of
either location or extension. You can prove this to yourself quite easily.

In the case of the OP, there are a few things that could be happening. One, is that their path is messed up and running "regedit"
causes some other program/version called regedit to be run instead of the one in \Windows. Two, there is another file called
Regedit, for example Regedit.com. Three, a combination of one and two. Let's say for example, the path is "c:\program
files\virus;c:\windows;c:\windows\system32". In this case, running "regedit" could cause regedit.vbs in "c:\program files\virus" to
run, which then runs Regedit.exe, some fake Regedit, or something.

Fishy

I use the free RegSeeker. It has a very fast registry search feature, automatically creates a backup for any registry deletions, has a cleanup utility, several repair utilities and a lot more features.

Freeware: RegSeeker
http://www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm

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Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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