Re: Windows XP Registry Editing Question

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Nightbreaker wrote:
On Thu, 1 Jun 2006 14:27:29 -0700, "Ken Blake, MVP"
<kblake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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.

Why wouldn't I be able to use the results? Is there any reason why I
can't boot up my computer using my old Windows 98 Boot floppy and copy
the modified Windows XP registry hive from the temporary directory to
the C:\Windows\System32\Config directory over writing the bad registry
hive? The hard drive is FAT32.



Yes, I suppose you could do that. I meant that you couldn't use them
directly within Windows XP. But what you suggest does seem like a fairly
complicated multi-step process.


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