Redo Registry ?

[Guest]

I had to delete a virus scanner that was in my registry because I kept
getting an error message from it when it scanned.....when I did, it took out
other registry programs I was using (parental lock) ..... My question is how
do I go in and put back the programs I want without the virus scanner part ?

Thanks

 

[DL]

System restore?
Presumably this virus scan was part of the same AntiVirus / Internet
security App that featured the parental control.
You cannot willy nilly delete registry entries, you should have used the
options in your AV app to modify its settings.
And if your AV app was giving error msgs during the scan you should have
asertained what was the cause and cure first.
You can try reinstalling your AV app or try using System Restore

 

[Guest]

You can use System Restore to do this. Click Start - All Programs -
Accessories - System Tools - System Restore. Select Restore my computer to an
earlier time. And choose date that you deleted AV program then choose time
and restore your computer. It will restore your registry.

 

[Alec S.]

I had to delete a virus scanner that was in my registry because I kept
getting an error message from it when it scanned.....when I did, it took out
other registry programs I was using (parental lock) ..... My question is how
do I go in and put back the programs I want without the virus scanner part ?

This is exactly why all articles that describe modifying the registry have a big fat disclaimer that editing the registry can mess
up your system and you should back it up before doing anything. (You don't have to back up the whole registry, that's just not
feasible. You should however back up the part that you are going to modify, especially if you aren't sure about what you're doing;
just export it to a .REG file. If you make a mistake, you can import it back and be (almost) as good as new.)


Anyway, what exactly do you mean by "took out other registry programs"? Are you saying that you edited the Run key, deleting all of
the autostart applications?

You can restore them by manually entering their programs. You will need to remember which programs where in there (which ones
automatically ran on startup) and enter the path to them. Create a new string in the autorun keys

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
or
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

whichever you modified. Give it a name, then enter the full path.

For example, go to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run, create a new string, call it AVG, and enter "C:\Program
Files\Grisoft\AVG\avg.exe".

Of course this is a last resort since it may not work. If a program had arguments (eg: "avg.exe /q" or "blah.exe -new
c:\windows\foo.bar") you probably don't remember what they were and won't be able to add them.


As stated, you should try System Restore first if you have it enabled.


Next time, instead of manually modifying the registry to disable a startup program, run MSCONFIG instead and disable a program with
that. It does not DELETE the program, it just moves it somewhere else. That way, you can easily go back and re-enable it.


HTH