Re: [PCWorks] Hidden files and folders
- From: "Clint Hamilton-PCWorks Admin" <PCWorks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "PCWorks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2008 02:54:37 -0500
I know, I understood that after I sent it. Lack of sleep seems
to.........dim one's comprehension. And I'm still running on
no sleep.
I thought I already covered your question(s) in my last post:
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You can back up what you did (or anything in the registry of
course) by just right clicking the key and "Export". The
default save is the selected key/branch. Be sure you choose
that because if you don't, the entire registry will be
exported. What you export will be a registry file with the
.reg extension. That's the easiest way, because if you just
copy/paste the key into Notepad you'll just get the key and not
the info in the right pane. (Of course to do that you first
have to right click > Rename > copy/paste).
The .reg file saved may have a lot of data in it you don't
need. For example if the key has a lot of data at the right
pane, and all you changed or want to save is one line of it,
all the rest of it can be deleted, but you have to be careful
you delete the right things and keep the right things.
It doesn't matter what you name a reg file.
If you look at reg files a lot, you should do what I do and
have the .reg extension set to be opened with Notepad (in my
case it's Metapad). That way you just click once and can see
the file, compared to having to right click and "Open with"
then finding Notepad in the list, clicking it, and then viewing
it. If I want to import a reg file I right click and open it
with the Registry Editor.
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If that doesn't answer, let me know and I'll try again.
Copying into Notepad would take forever if it's a key with more
than a couple values at the right pane area. What you "Copy"
is only just what you're clicking, it does not copy the key
data at the right pane. Just do the "Export" method, it's
instantaneous.
-Clint
God Bless
Clint Hamilton, Owner
http://www.OrpheusComputing.com
http://www.ComputersCustomBuilt.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Harold B."
Clint, by "Notepad is not to be belittled" I didn't mean you
belittled
anything. I meant it can be used in many ways, ways like making
a html page,
or making batch files (which I still haven't learned how to do;
maybe
becasuse I'm not sure how I would use them), or like what I
think you are
saying in your paragraph below, for backing up an entire set of
values like
like the eight values you offered below (which helped correct
my original
problem).
I know one can export keys or even use Erunt to backup the
entire registry,
but if I wanted to keep the correct values like those you see
below, I was
wondering if the way to do it was (see my "correct me if I am
wrong"
paragraph below). Would that be the way to do it that I thought
you were
describing in your "You can make backup of your kyes" paragraph
below.
Btw, you use Metapad, I think Hugh uses 1st Page, and I still
use Notepad+
... all improvements (and there are many more) over the
original Windows
Notepad)
>> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden\NOHIDDEN]
>> "RegPath"="Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\Advanced"
>> "Text"="@shell32.dll,-30501"
>> "Type"="radio"
>> "CheckedValue"=dword:00000002
>> "ValueName"="Hidden"
>> "DefaultValue"=dword:00000002
>> "HKeyRoot"=dword:80000001
>> "HelpID"="shell.hlp#51104"
My question is, is the following another way of backing up a
series of
values ending with a reg file that one can click if needed and
correcting an
error in any one of those values? I'm suggesting this only
because you said
it is possible by following a path to "end up going to the
wrong main key,
and editing the wrong sub-key. You can't mess up a reg file,
mess with it
all you want, THEN when you're sure it's correct it can then be
imported,
and to the correct location. They are also a big time-saver. I
have loads of
reg files saved for various fixes and tweaks, and when I
install a new main
HD or reformat, I can click away at the files instead of having
to manually
search for each key and manually make the changes."
> <clip> Correct me if I am wrong now but were I to back up the
> correction
> in the first instance, (nohidden), I would copy into Notepad
> just the
> eight values (NOT the path) and save it as a reg file. And
> were this error
> to happen again and I suspected a change in those values, I
> would just
> click that reg file and let it enter into the registry? I'm
> wondering what
> you would name that reg file with the above eight values in
> it.<clip> ---
> Harold
>>> You can make backups of your keys, then just import those
>>> above and see
>>> if they fix it. A quick of way of doing this is after you
>>> export your
>>> key values for these, drag and copy them, then open each
>>> copy in
>>> Notepad, delete the contents then paste this data in them.
>>> (Of course
>>> one area for one reg file, and the other area for other reg
>>> file). Then
>>> click and import them. Those long lines above did not wrap
>>> when I
>>> checked, so you should not need to modify them. 9 lines
>>> each, not
>>> counting the Registry Editor version and line skip. Or if
>>> you'd rather
>>> you can just manually change yours to these after making
>>> backups of your
>>> keys. -Clint
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