Trick the registry into thinking I've logged out.

[Guest]

I want to be able to change the registry and force the changes without
logging out.
Can I make the registry re-map to the new values without logging out ?

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

No.

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Windows XP - Shell/User

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| I want to be able to change the registry and force the changes without
| logging out.
| Can I make the registry re-map to the new values without logging out ?

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Yepper.

Re-Initialize Your Registry Without Rebooting Windows
http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/239/

 

[Guest]

To elaborate on that "no."
It depends.
If I change winlogon registry values, I restart the netlogon service and the
changes are immediate.
If I change SNA (a mainframe communication protocol) values, I restart the
SNABASE service and changes are immediate.
And, as Wesley wrote, other changes can be put into effect by restarting the
explorer.exe process. This was especially effective with Windows 9x when
changing local policies.
Moral is: If the registry entries have an associated service or process,
restart it, and you probably will have immediate realization of your regedit
modifications.

Good luck

Joe