Open registry to a default key

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Sometimes I open regedit and it opens with all keys and hives collapsed.
Sometimes it opens to a key I've visited before. I haven't been able to find
any switches or help via a command prompt.

How can I open the registry to a specific key?

Thanks for any help or suggestions!
-Steve
 
Sometimes I open regedit and it opens with all keys and hives collapsed.
Sometimes it opens to a key I've visited before. I haven't been able to find
any switches or help via a command prompt.

How can I open the registry to a specific key?

Thanks for any help or suggestions!
-Steve
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See tip 6211 in the 'Tips & Tricks' at http://www.jsiinc.com

6211 » How do I open Regedit.exe at any specific key?



Jerold Schulman
Windows Server MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com
 
Perfect!

BTW, I've used your site for years.

Thanks for making so many of our tasks easier!
 
In microsoft.public.win2000.registry =?Utf-8?B?c3RldjM3OQ==?=
wrote:
Perfect!

BTW, I've used your site for years.

Thanks for making so many of our tasks easier!
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A good place to inject another, "Thanks Jerold!" :-)


OP If you use regedit.exe and want to "open to a key specified on
the commandline" there is a small utility, regjump.exe, on this
page http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/source/misc.shtml

Some 3rd-party editors can do this natively.

As to "Sometimes I open regedit and it opens with ..."
I will venture to guess that some software on your system that
clears "usage tracks" is resetting the value stored for
regedit.exe. SpyBot Search & Destroy is one such candidate for
this behavior.
 
"Mark V" a scris:
In microsoft.public.win2000.registry =?Utf-8?B?c3RldjM3OQ==?=
wrote:


A good place to inject another, "Thanks Jerold!" :-)


OP If you use regedit.exe and want to "open to a key specified on
the commandline" there is a small utility, regjump.exe, on this
page http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/source/misc.shtml

Some 3rd-party editors can do this natively.

As to "Sometimes I open regedit and it opens with ..."
I will venture to guess that some software on your system that
clears "usage tracks" is resetting the value stored for
regedit.exe. SpyBot Search & Destroy is one such candidate for
this behavior.
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