Fast Registry Edit

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3 total messages Started by Adam Carheden Wed, 25 Mar 1998 00:00

#50

Author: Adam Carheden
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 00:00

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I recently made the mistake of installing a program that messed up my
registry.  It changed all the instances of NAME: Default, DATA:
"C:\Program Files\..." to "C:\PROGRA~\SPIMSAL FILES\..."
Does anyone know of a fast way to change this back.  Right now I'm doing
a FIND: SPIMSAL and changing everything manually.  Needless to say, I'm
skiping things that I know I don't used on a regular basis.
TIA
-- 
Adam
carheden@holly.colostate.edu
http://holly.ColoState.edu/~carheden

Re: Fast Registry Edit

#51

Author: Bill Watt Sr
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 00:00

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On Wed, 25 Mar 1998 14:26:54 -0700, Adam Carheden
<carheden@holly.colostate.edu> wrote:

:I recently made the mistake of installing a program that messed up my
:registry.  It changed all the instances of NAME: Default, DATA:
:"C:\Program Files\..." to "C:\PROGRA~\SPIMSAL FILES\..."
:Does anyone know of a fast way to change this back.  Right now I'm doing
:a FIND: SPIMSAL and changing everything manually.  Needless to say, I'm
:skiping things that I know I don't used on a regular basis.
:TIA

Hi Adam,

Try this: With Regedit export the registry to a *.reg file. Save a
copy of it for a backup. The *.reg files are text and can be edited
with a text editor. Use Wordpad, it has a search and replace
feature. When finished import the reg file with Regedit. Double
clicking on a REG file will import it so be careful. If you mess up
the first one you have the backup REG file. Always keep one
original REG file backed up to import. Backup System.dat and
User.dat before doing anything. (disclaimer)  :-)
-- 
Regards,
 
Bill Watt Sr.   bwatt@epix.net     http://www.epix.net/~bwatt/

Re: Fast Registry Edit

#52

Author: Eliot Gelwan
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 1998 00:00

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Registry Search and Replace will find and change every instance for you:

http://www.iserv.net/~sjhswdev

On Wed, 25 Mar 1998 14:26:54 -0700, Adam Carheden
<carheden@holly.colostate.edu> wrote:

| "I recently made the mistake of installing a program that messed up my
| "registry.  It changed all the instances of NAME: Default, DATA:
| ""C:\Program Files\..." to "C:\PROGRA~\SPIMSAL FILES\..."
| "Does anyone know of a fast way to change this back.  Right now I'm doing
| "a FIND: SPIMSAL and changing everything manually.  Needless to say, I'm
| "skiping things that I know I don't used on a regular basis.
| "TIA

 
...eliot
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