Registry file identification

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Hi,

I once made one of the all-time giant blunders by deleting the "system
restore" files from the registry.........or a good piece of them anyway.
Well of course I DONT want to do this again and I am deleting unused
software that were originally some kind of an .exe file. Ok, so my Q is
simply... what exactly or where exactly are these files and what is their
exact name or how are\is it spelled? Excuse me but I have been up all night
and can barely read right now so I hope U guys understand what I mean.

mypc\HKEY_USERS_ROOT\CLSID\########'S\InprocServer32

I imagine that above to be in the system32 files yes? But how would I know
if it was the "system restore" [backups] version and not the real ones??

Thanx

Pete
 
Hi Pete:

I'll make it real easy for you: Don't mess with the registry.

You have no reason to edit the registry /unless/ you are experiencing a
specific problem that is only fixable with a specific registry edit.

Earl Grey
 
mypc\HKEY_USERS_ROOT\CLSID\########'S\InprocServer32
I imagine that above to be in the system32 files yes?
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########'S probably is but, InprocServer32 is NOT.

The only thing that they have in common is 32, for 32-bit. As opposed to
16-bit or 64-bit.

InprocServer32 registers a 32-bit in-process server and specifies the
threading model of the apartment the server can run in.

InProcServer32
The registry key HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{16-byte ID}\InProcServer32 holds
the full path to a DLL (Dynamic Link Library. A shared library that can be
loaded once by the operating system but used simultaneously by different
processes and applications. Typically these have the file extension .dll) if
the COM (Component Object Model defined by Microsoft.) object is implemented
as a library. If this key does not exist then it is assumed that the COM
object is managed by a separate process, with LocalServer32 holding the full
path name of the executable.

InprocServer32
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms682390.aspx
But how would I know
if it was the "system restore" [backups] version and not the real ones??
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"system restore" has nothing to do with it. Backup files for System32 are
in...
%windir\System32\dllcache
or
%windir%\ServicePackFiles

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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pete_flex said:
Hi,

I once made one of the all-time giant blunders by deleting the "system
restore" files from the registry.........or a good piece of them anyway.
Well of course I DONT want to do this again and I am deleting unused
software that were originally some kind of an .exe file. Ok, so my Q is
simply... what exactly or where exactly are these files and what is their
exact name or how are\is it spelled? Excuse me but I have been up all
night and can barely read right now so I hope U guys understand what I
mean.

mypc\HKEY_USERS_ROOT\CLSID\########'S\InprocServer32

I imagine that above to be in the system32 files yes? But how would I know
if it was the "system restore" [backups] version and not the real ones??

Thanx

Pete
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