A "global" FIND & REPLACE on the Registry?

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Surely there's some way to download the entire Registry
as a text file, efficiently make global changes with
-say- MSWord, and then reload the new Registry.

No?
 
No.

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience -
Windows Vista Enthusiast

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Surely there's some way to download the entire Registry
as a text file, efficiently make global changes with
-say- MSWord, and then reload the new Registry.

No?
 
Ike said:
Surely there's some way to download the entire Registry as a text file,
efficiently make global changes with -say- MSWord, and then reload the new
Registry.
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No, but I have been extracted registry hives from dead systems for years
with MiTeC Registry File Viewer.

I searched on Google to see if there was now an updated version for Vista,
but now it seems to be called Windows Registry Recovery, and appears quite
different in the screenshots.

http://www.mitec.cz/wrr.html

It says that it works with Vista at the bottom.

It's a great tool if you know what you are doing, but if you do not know the
difference between registry hives (which are binary files) and Word
documents (which are also).....hmmn...

ss.
 
Surely there's some way to download the entire Registry
as a text file, efficiently make global changes with
-say- MSWord, and then reload the new Registry.
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News flash: the registry IS a text file.

You'd be foolish to try what you want to do. Especially if you used
Word for it.
 
Carey said:
No.

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Surely there's some way to download the entire Registry
as a text file, efficiently make global changes with
-say- MSWord, and then reload the new Registry.

No?
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Don't listen to Carey. If you use regedit, once you open it hit F3 and
you will get a find/find and replace function. Works for me in Vista
Business 23 bit.

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http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/security/?p=435&tag=nl.e101
 
The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly Known
as said:
Don't listen to Carey. If you use regedit, once you open it hit F3 and
you will get a find/find and replace function. Works for me in Vista
Business 23 bit.
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On my Business/32, F3 brings up FIND, but there is no
FIND & REPLACE function.
 
Ike said:
The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly Known as Nina DiBoy'
wrote:

On my Business/32, F3 brings up FIND, but there is no FIND & REPLACE
function.
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That's because you don't have the 23 bit version. Heh, heh.
 
Ike said:
Surely there's some way to download the entire Registry as a text file,
efficiently make global changes with -say- MSWord, and then reload the
new Registry.

No?
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No. First of all, the registry isn't a single file. It'll be divided
into several data files, such as Security, Software, and System. The
user-specific portion of the registry is stored in each user profile, in
a file named NTUser.dat. Do not attempt to directly alter these files
unless you know *exactly* what you're doing - and you don't, or you
wouldn't have had to ask the question - or you're prepared to reinstall
the OS.


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