how to regedit.exe?

[spark]

I am trying to make my Windows98se more submisive. Any place I can find info. about how to use regedit.exe? Any info. is appreciated.

Thanks in advance http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

[Target]

You might try http://www.regedit.com/ and see if they have anything of use to you.

[grunt]

You could also try TweakUi - it's safer than diving into the registry for a newbie.

[chuckiechan]

Make a file and lable it "Registery, keep out".

Go to Run/ regedit.exe/enter.
choose export. Save it to AUG00 for example.

Not a bad idea. I have several copies from different stages of my computer's life.

If you go messing there, make sure you back up and are very careful. The most common registery work you may want to do is to solve conflicts with drivers and some appications, when you feel uninstall wasn't complete. If you are not having problems, it is best to leave well enough alone. It does add to your appreciation of just how complicated an operating system needs to be...!

Happy tweaking...

[PsycholicSlag]

98 makes numerous backups of the registry in a .cab file every time it boots successfully, unlike 95 which backs up the last successfull boot to .da0 files. i'm not familiar w/how to access the previous backups though.... which means i haven't had to do it yet. http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/wink.gif you can always backup individual keys by going to the registry menu and choosing 'export registry file.' this will create a .reg file which, when run, will restore the original settings.

....but yes, tweakUI is a GREAT place to start, and adjusting the registry through a gui is always safer.

[Beemers]

Just for your information PsycholicSlag, To use one of the 5 backups created by windows 98,
Restart in MS-DOS Mode.
At the Dos prompt type "scanreg /restore" without the quotes.
Select one date previous to your mishap that made you want to restore a previous backup.
Follow the prompts and when you return to a Dos prompt type "win" or Ctrl + Alt + Delete. this will put you into Windows.

Cheers!

[Beemers]

What do you mean by submissive exactly? There's a lot you can do in and out of the registry to obtain control over app's and your O/S. Give us a few details and maybe we can direct you more acurately.

Cheers!

[Psycho-holic Slag]

thanks, beemers! i knew scanreg was a part of the picture, but not how to do it.

i have a feeling it just might come in handy one of these days..... http://smilecwm.tripod.com/ruinkai/biglaugh.gif

[jad1097]

It sure does come in handy. http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/wink.gif

[Beemers]

My interest grew with Regedit a couple of years ago when my problems could not be fixed without doing some work in the registry. I had no knowledge of this area of the computer so Tech support always had me quick restore the machine to fix problems that they could not easily walk me through.
As I began to accumulate more adn more app's and created more and more personal files with no backup system, wiping out was not a good option.
I pulled up a lazy boy chair to the computer desk and proceeded to go through regedit .com for any and all explanations of this mysterious area of the computer. I then found out to expand all folders within a main folder by highlighting the main folder and then hitting the asterisk key on the numeric keyboard. I tried this on the My Computer in regedit and what a can of worms that was. It took me 3 days to go through each key to see just what ryme or reason I could get out of the registry folder file system. Even armed with Windows 98 registry subtrees information that you will find on this page about half way down none of it made sence. http://www.microsoft.com/TechNet/win98/Reskit/Part6/wrkc31.asp
I believe taht the trick with regedit is familuarity, and repetition.
Do some registry hacking. Registry hacks have case sensetive text. When they tell you to go to such and such registry key to perform a hack just keep clicking on the + signs until the last entry in the pathway. this is where you would click on the key to open it to its contents. If the instructions are for you to make a string value and name it "BackBitmap", it doesn't mean to call it "back bitmap".
It is a good idea to make a folder in your Windows Explore called, (for eg.) "A". this puts the folder at the top of your file system under C:\drive and easy to spot. In "A" make a sub folder called "Changed Registry".
Before making a change to a spacific key you should make a Export of the Registry Key into the sub folder, "Registry Changed" and call your exported *.reg file something pertaining to the key you are changing such as "backbitmap.reg".
This gives you a backup so if all hell breaks loose you have a way to return the registry to its previous state.
Another tip would be to make only one registry change at a time so you know that if you are all of a sudden experiencing problems with your computer you can identify the problem by the last change you made to the registry.
Another tip is if you plan on hacking up your registry like I do, make sure your system is very stable. This helps with the process of elimination when problems occur.

Keep that URL I submitted earlier in this post handy. Here is a very good site for some hacks. I have gone over all of them for correctness.
http://www.halcyon.com/cerelli/registry_tips.htm

and another http://www.activewin.com/tips/reg/index.shtml

Remember to make your backups and have fun!
PS. If all else fails and you can only get to a DOS Prompt, use the "scanreg /restore"

Cheers!

[spark]

Thank you, Beemers and everybody. These are really helpful tips. I saw my colleague using the regedit.exe one day and found it very useful tool in terms of letting us do a lot of things that's hard to achieve with point and click. As I am working on being a power user of PC, tips in general are the very things I need, thanks a lot http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

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