The registry is not a restricted area How to edit him?

The registry is a forbidden zone in the eyes of many people. It seems that if you change the content at will, there will be irreparable situation. In fact, this is because you don't understand the basic content of the registry. After understanding the basic content of the registry, we can formally enter the topic we want to discuss: Editing and modifying the registry! Generally speaking, if you want to add, delete or change the registry, you can have the following three types. Path:

The first way: direct modification (the least secure, but the most direct and most effective)

is to modify the registry key data items directly through the registry editor, Doing so will avoid leaving garbage in the registry (although it is very small, but more and more will slow down the system), but requires users to have some registry knowledge, familiar with the internal structure of the registry and must be careful.

Registry Editor is a high-level tool that allows you to change the system registration settings. The WIN98 Registry Editor is a common tool. The Registry Editor is an advanced tool that allows you to change the system registration settings. Experienced Windows users can change system settings by editing the registry.

The way to start the Registry Editor is to execute REGEDIT.EXE under the Windows folder (REGEDIT32.EXE in WINNT and Windows 2000).

The following is a detailed description of the commonly used operations of the Win98 registry editor.

(1), restore the registry

1. Click “ start & rdquo;, then click “ close the system & rdquo;;

2. Click & ldquo ; restart the computer and switch to MS-DOS mode, then click “ is ”;

3. Go to the Windows directory. For example, if your Windows installation is in the C:\\Windows directory, you should type the following CD: C:\\WINDOWS and press Enter;

4. Type C:\\WINDOWS\\COMMAND\\ in MS-DOS mode. Enter after SCANREG/RESTORE.

Follow the steps above to restore the registry to the state it was in when you last started your computer.

(2), export all the contents of the registry to a text file

1. Click "My Computer" in the Registry Editor to export all registrations Table information, or click on a folder to only export the registration information of the contents of the folder;

2. Click on the "registration" menu; "export registry file";

3.Click “Browse” to find a storage location for the exported file, ie the folder, and then enter a file for it and save it.

The exported registry information file can be edited in any text editor.

(3), import or partial import registry

1. In the "registry" menu, click “ import registry file & rdquo;;

2. Click “Browse” find the file you want to import, then click “Open”.

(4), add the primary key

1. Open the registry list, find the folder to add the primary key;

2. Right-click the folder to be added to the primary key;

3. Point your mouse at “Edit” under the menu “New”, then click “Primary Key>;

4. The new primary key is a temporary name Displayed, enter a name for the new primary key, and then press Enter; if you add a new primary key, causing the computer to not start properly, you can restore the registry information.

(5), add key values ​​

1. Open the registry list, select the folder to add new key values;

2. Right click to add a new key Value folder;

3. Point your mouse at “New” and click the type of key you want to add. These types include "string value", "binary value" and “DWORD"value;

4. The newly added key value is displayed as a temporary key value, which is the newly added key value. Enter a new value and press Enter.