Can Registry be modified from dos mode?

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Gary Helfert

A virus continues to close my regedit every time I try & open it, both in
Win98 & Win2k.
Can I boot my PC in dos mode and search the registry for the culprit from
there.
Might there be a third party equivalant to regedit I can make changes to the
registry through?
Thanks.
 
Gary Helfert said:
A virus continues to close my regedit every time I try & open it, both in
Win98 & Win2k.
Can I boot my PC in dos mode and search the registry for the culprit from
there.
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Regedit has only limited capabilities under DOS, e.g. merge, backup, restore.
For the advanced feature you must run it under Windows.

Read in www.invircible.com/item/80 how the ToggleMode utility can resolve your
problem.

Regards, Zvi
 
Bitstring said:
A virus continues to close my regedit every time I try & open it, both in
Win98 & Win2k.
Can I boot my PC in dos mode and search the registry for the culprit from
there.
Might there be a third party equivalant to regedit I can make changes to the
registry through?
Click to expand...

Google is your friend. Someone produced a complete set of utilities
(regedit, task manager, etc.) with the names changed to get around
viruses. For many viruses, simply renaming the .exe to .com will work.
 
Gary Helfert said:
A virus continues to close my regedit every time I try & open it, both in
Win98 & Win2k.
Can I boot my PC in dos mode and search the registry for the culprit from
there.
Might there be a third party equivalant to regedit I can make changes to the
registry through?
Thanks.
Click to expand...

If you can find a registry editor which runs under dos yes; but finding such
a critter will most likely be next impossible even if such a critter exists.
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