Re: Reading registry on secondary drive?

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Thanks for the help. I'm looking for a Windows2000's HKEY_CURRENT_USER
subbranch. Where is that generally stored on the drive?


"Mark V" <notvalid@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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In microsoft.public.win2000.registry Ayush wrote:

Multiple groups listed. Replying only to
microsoft.public.win2000.registry

Replied to [Jim Bancroft]s message :
Hi everyone,

I took the hard drive from my father's old computer and put it
in his new machine (as the D: drive) just in case we needed
some old files. Turns out, we need to read a few registry
settings on it to get his Outlook Express mail settings. Is
there a way to run regedit, or something similar, that will let
me see the keys and values on the D: drive's copy of the
registry? The drive itself is in FAT format. Thanks!
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Load the hive.

To load Local_machine hive,
Open regedit > Click "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE"
File > Load Hive > Browse to the file
Give it a name > then do what yoy want to do with it
Click on the loaded hive > File > Unload Hive


To load a Users hive,

Open regedit > Click "HKEY_USERS"
File > Load Hive > Browse to the file
Give it a name > then do what yoy want to do with it
Click on the loaded hive > File > Unload Hive

Just to note.
If W2K "host" use regedt32.exe
OP,
Always include the version of Windows when posting please.
I suggest you make a copy of the archived hive file and work with
that instead of risking accidental alteration of one's only safety
backup copy.


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