Registry Export Not Inserting Into Registry

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My exported registry entries, when double clicked simply
open in a text editor window instead of trying to insert into the registry.
I have other .reg files that I downloaded to fix certain things and they
seem to work fine.
Am I doing something wrong?

James
 
The date and time was 9/12/2008 4:30 PM, and on a whim, JamesJ pounded
out on the keyboard:
My exported registry entries, when double clicked simply
open in a text editor window instead of trying to insert into the registry.
I have other .reg files that I downloaded to fix certain things and they
seem to work fine.
Am I doing something wrong?

James
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Hi James,

If you right click on the file, do you get the Merge option? If not,
set Explorer to show your file extensions. It sounds like the files you
saved might have a .txt extension even though you saved it as a .reg, so
the files may be named like regfix.reg.txt.

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The date and time was 9/12/2008 5:12 PM, and on a whim, JamesJ pounded
out on the keyboard:
I do get the Merge option.
All files have only a .reg suffex.

James
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Are you saying "some" will open notepad and "some" will merge? Or do
all of them open in notepad now? If the later, the default action must
have been changed to Edit rather than Merge. Look up REG in File Types
and see.

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It seems the ones I exported open in Notepad. The ones I
downloaded when double clicking I get the Open File
security warning dialog box.
Question: Does Merge imply that the the data will be inserted into the
Registry?

James
 
Open it notepad, is the first line:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

It needs to be. Also, if you are trying to write to protected keys, you will
need to elevate first in order to have sufficient permission to make
changes.

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James,

Press and hold the SHIFT key, right-click one of the exported file, and
click "Copy as Path". The complete path/file name is copied to the
Clipboard. Paste the contents in your reply.
 
"C:\DataFiles\Registry Entries\InstallerEntries.reg"

Ramesh Srinivasan said:
James,

Press and hold the SHIFT key, right-click one of the exported file, and
click "Copy as Path". The complete path/file name is copied to the
Clipboard. Paste the contents in your reply.

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
The Winhelponline Blog http://www.winhelponline.com/blog


JamesJ said:
It seems the ones I exported open in Notepad. The ones I
downloaded when double clicking I get the Open File
security warning dialog box.
Question: Does Merge imply that the the data will be inserted into the
Registry?

James
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Open Regedit.exe, from the File menu, choose Import and select the REG
association fix.

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
The Winhelponline Blog http://www.winhelponline.com/blog


JamesJ said:
It simply opens in notepad. I right clicked and selected Merge.
Didn't seem to work.

James

Ramesh Srinivasan said:
Does running the .reg file association fix from here help?
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/105/1/File-association-fixes-for-Windows-Vista.html

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
The Winhelponline Blog http://www.winhelponline.com/blog


JamesJ said:
"C:\DataFiles\Registry Entries\InstallerEntries.reg"

James,
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That seems to have done the trick! Now
when I double click a reg file Vista gives me
that warning about adding to the registry.
I never thought to try to import it.

Thanks,
James

Ramesh Srinivasan said:
Open Regedit.exe, from the File menu, choose Import and select the REG
association fix.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
The Winhelponline Blog http://www.winhelponline.com/blog


JamesJ said:
It simply opens in notepad. I right clicked and selected Merge.
Didn't seem to work.

James

Ramesh Srinivasan said:
Does running the .reg file association fix from here help?
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/105/1/File-association-fixes-for-Windows-Vista.html

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
The Winhelponline Blog http://www.winhelponline.com/blog


"C:\DataFiles\Registry Entries\InstallerEntries.reg"

James,
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You're welcome James.

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
The Winhelponline Blog http://www.winhelponline.com/blog


JamesJ said:
That seems to have done the trick! Now
when I double click a reg file Vista gives me
that warning about adding to the registry.
I never thought to try to import it.

Thanks,
James

Ramesh Srinivasan said:
Open Regedit.exe, from the File menu, choose Import and select the REG
association fix.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
The Winhelponline Blog http://www.winhelponline.com/blog


JamesJ said:
It simply opens in notepad. I right clicked and selected Merge.
Didn't seem to work.

James

Does running the .reg file association fix from here help?
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/105/1/File-association-fixes-for-Windows-Vista.html

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
The Winhelponline Blog http://www.winhelponline.com/blog


"C:\DataFiles\Registry Entries\InstallerEntries.reg"

James,
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