Re: Windows XP Registry Editing Question

Tim Slattery wrote:

Nightbreaker <nightbreaker@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Is there anyway to edit a Windows XP registry while it's not actually
being used, say the registry files are located in a temporary
directory?

No. It's in a proprietary format, the only way to edit it is to use
Microsoft's software.


There is third-party registry editing software available. Whether any of it
would work with a copy in a temporary directory, I don't know. Besides, as I
pointed out when he asked this question in a different newsgroup, it would
be pointless, since he wouldn't be able to use theresults.


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Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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