Undeletable W2K registry keys

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Estemart

Is there a way to delete some registry entries such as
"DeviceDesc", "Legacy_" that do not respond to the "Del"
key of the keyboard/mouse/menu?


I need to eliminate such registry entries that were left by
the unistall proceedure in order to reinstall an
application.




Thank you.
 
Roger said:
Have you tried in Safe Mode ?
Have you tried regedt32 ?
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Use REGEDT32 instead of REGEDIT, highlight the LEGACY_
key you want to remove, go to Security/Permissions and give
Full Control to Everyone. Also make sure the bottom checkbox
is checked. Then delete the key (Edit/Delete).

Rick
 
Estemart said:
Is there a way to delete some registry entries such as
"DeviceDesc", "Legacy_" that do not respond to the "Del"
key of the keyboard/mouse/menu?

I need to eliminate such registry entries that were left by
the unistall proceedure in order to reinstall an
application.

Thank you.
Click to expand...

Whatever you do, make sure to update/create your ERD first before
blowing away parts of the registry.

Use ntbackup.exe to create the ERD.

hth
 
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