![]() Registry Guide for Windows. The Registry Guide for Windows®, formerly RegEdit.com, provides an extensive range of registry tweaks, tricks & hacks for optimizing. With Microsoft's Windows 7 operation system installed on your computer, you can use the Registry Editor application to view all of the preferences for you system. How to Open Registry Editor (Windows 1. Vista, XP)All manual changes to the Windows Registry can be completed via Registry Editor, a tool included in all versions of Windows. Registry Editor lets you view, create, and modify the registry keys and registry values that make up the entire Windows Registry. Unfortunately, there's no shortcut for the tool in the Start Menu or on the Apps screen, meaning you'll have to open Registry Editor by executing it from a command line. Don't worry, though, it's not at all hard to do. Follow these easy steps to open Registry Editor: Note: You can open Registry Editor this way in any version of Windows that utilizes the registry, including Windows 1. Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP. Time Required: It usually just takes a few seconds to open Registry Editor in any version of Windows. How to Open Registry Editor. Tip: If you're in a hurry, see Tip 1 at the bottom of this page to learn how to breeze through this first step and jump right to Step 2. In Windows 1. 0 or Windows 8. Start button and then choose Run. Prior to Windows 8. Run is most easily available from the Apps screen. In Windows 7 or Windows Vista, click on Start. In Windows XP, click on the Start button and then click Run.. Import, export or delete registry settings from a text (.REG) file. Syntax Export the Registry (all HKLM plus current user) REGEDIT /E pathname Export. Tip: See What Version of Windows Do I Have? If that happens, and you don't want to work with the keys or values at that location, just continue to minimize the registry keys until you've reached the top level, listing the various registry hives. Tip: You can minimize or expand registry keys by clicking or tapping the small > icon next to the key. In Windows XP, the + icon is used instead. You can now make whatever changes you need to make to the registry. See. How to Add, Change, & Delete Registry Keys & Values for instructions and other tips to help you safely edit the registry. Important: Considering the impact that the registry has on your Windows- based computer, I highly recommend that you back up the registry, either the whole thing or even just the areas you're working in before you do anything. See How to Back up the Windows Registry for help. More Help with Registry Editor. A really quick way you can open the Run dialog box on Windows is to use the keyboard shortcut Windows Key + R. If you're using Registry Editor to restore a REG file backup but you're not sure what you're doing, you can follow along with me in my How to Restore the Windows Registry piece. Even though Registry Editor is open and ready to be used, it's not always wise to make changes yourself, manually, especially if a program or automated service can do it for you. For example, if you're using Registry Editor to clear up residual or junk registry entries, you shouldn't do it yourself unless you're very sure that you know what you're doing. Instead, see these free registry cleaners if you want to clear out common registry junk automatically.
Change Default Installation Directory In Windows 1. I redirected the installation path for my Program Files from C: \ to P: \ following the directionsfrom all the posts shown in the topic at http: //www. I have Windows 7 Home Premium 6. I followed the suggestions for my system using the followinginformation: The end result was I did not use the regular REGEDIT but the one suggested by typing in Run: %systemroot%\syswow. Were there any disadvantages by using this version of Regedit? I understood that I now was to have a P: \Program Files and a P: \Program Files (x. What I ended up with is: P: \Program Files; P: \Program Files. P: \Program Files (8. P: \Program Files (8. P: \Program Files (x. P: \Program Files (x. ![]() ![]() I believe I figured out that I have two folders in each category because I made a folder in the new P: \drive to copy everything from C: \ into instead of just copying it the the P: \ drive without indicating a folder. Get rid of the folder within the folder? Or would it just be easier (or perhaps the only way) to format and re- install Windows and start from scratch? I tried to pull up both versions of Regedit to see what was showing and perhaps changing things back to C: \. The error message said perhaps it had been moved. Which I’m sure I did, but do not know how to locate it. The regular Regedit did not show anything at all for the things I redirected. I redirected my program files using the regular Regedit once prior to this time, which I had formatted and re- installed Win 7 so thought I’d do an even better job using the one supposedly for 6. The first time using the regular Regedit allowed me to go back in and change them back to C: \ from P: \. I was trying to re- install using the Recovery Partition, which required I put the installation path back to C: \ before I could. If I ever need to (and I will) re- install Win 7 again, I would now have to use the system image as there is no where I can see to change things back. If the system image goes wrong, it appears I’ll be up a creek. I finally discovered how I could make recovery disks but am unclear whether I would need to change the P: \ back to C: \. I don’t think so, but I am pretty confused at this point. I did a complete system image prior to installing Acronis Disk Director and partitioning, then redirecting the installation path. I’ve never had any success backing up anything. I have never tried a system image restoration, so not sure how reliable they are. I really just want to set everything up ascustomized and streamlined as possible and attempt a complete system image containing the way I’dwant Windows to load up just the pre- installed programs of my choice, not theirs. Without unnecessaryduplication of files or folders. Would anyone be able to solve any of my questions? I know this will work just great once I’ve worked out the wrong turns taken! Thanks for any help!! ![]() ![]() ![]()
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