Tour+of+the+Registry+Editor

Tour of the Registry Editor Working in the registry should be done with extreme caution

However, you may wonder what do all those keys and values mean?

To start:- The different folders in the left window represent keys in the registry.

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT This helps XP launch the right application when you open a file.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER This is the configuration info for the user who is currently logged in. Your folders, screen colours, and Control Panel settings are all there. This is your User Profile.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Here you'll find configuration info for the computer.

HKEY_USERS This is the root of all user profiles where all user account settings reside.

HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG This is where you'll find the hardware profile information used by your computer at system start-up.

A key can contain sub-keys.

When you click a key or sub-key, the value entries in the key are displayed in the right hand window.

Double click the entry to edit.

You can search the registry for a key or value by hitting Ctrl+F and then typing in a word. To continue searching use the F3 key..

Go to :- File/Print (or Ctrl+P) to print out the whole registry or just a specified branch.

And, of course, any time you plan to "tweak the registry" be sure to back it up first...  