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Questions tagged [windows-registry]

The Windows Registry is a hierarchical database that stores configuration settings and options on Microsoft Windows operating systems. It contains settings for low-level operating system components as well as the applications running on the platform.

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Outlook Addin Best Practice - Where to store the configuration when you deploy the addin from a server?

I've seen some posts about this, but i have a specific requirement. What is the optimal solution to save the configuration for an Outlook (2007/2010) Addin when you want to also make sure that the configuration can also be automatically deployed…
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Microsoft photo editor - No file format information can be found in the registry (registry policy)

I have Windows Server 2003 and my users are running XP. When I installed Microsoft office 2000 the photo editor said "No file format information can be found in the registry". I Googled it and I found this site. It's wonderful but the problem is I…
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Problem connecting to remote registry on Windows Server 2003

Im having problems reaching remote registry on my Windows Server 2003, or at least that is what my backup/replication software supplier says. Any Idea on where I can start to troubleshoot? What rights might be incorrect, and where? Any port in the…
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How do Internet Settings from HKCU and HKLM combine?

I am writting a .reg file to change some security Internet Settings to our users. As we do not control our AD servers, I cannot try to set it for every user through policy. Yet, I can ask for automatic installations of our patches. In the past,…
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Remove Windows Explorer Drop Down Options

I am trying to lock down a Windows Server 2008 R2 terminal server. At the moment, when a user opens a directory, there is the option in the Windows Explorer address bar to choose locations. In the root (most left hand side drop down) of this is…
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Registry/System Tool like jv16 Power Tools 1.4

I've been using the freeware version of the jv16 Power Tools (1.4.x) for quite some time and it works great. It allows me to search the registry, do complete find/replace operations simply, scan down orphaned registry nodes or files, registry…
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Change regional settings on pre-Windows 2008 / Vista

How do you change the regional settings of the various system accounts (local system, local service and network service) on older versions of Windows ? I can only find the page on MSDN that refers to this feature, but it's only applicable to Vista…
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Using *.reg files for defining Environment variable on windows

I am preparing a set of instructions for automating an installation of some application on our team's computers and as part of that automation I need to add User Environment Variables and System Environment Variables. We are using both Windows XP…
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Are gnomes gconf schema files mandatory

I have an app that uses gconf for configuration and I have notice that some apps install a schema file that lists keys and gives descriptions on them. Is this mandatory or schema files are optional? It is certainly working without them. My…
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Detecting system (filesystem / registry) changes in VMWare?

I'm currently running a 64-bit version of Windows, but I have some old games with 16-bit installers that no longer run. I've set up a VM running 32-bit Windows XP on VMWare Workstation, and the games install fine in the VM, but I'd really like to…
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How to Apply a .reg file to a ntuser.man file

I have a .reg file with some registry updates that I need to apply to a bunch of user's profiles. The keys are all in HKCU, which means they will end up in ntuser.man. The "manual" way of doing this is to log in as each user, run the .reg file,…
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Windows Vista/7 Registry Issue

I've been given the task of modifying a batch file for the installation of our software that sets certain registry values. The modification has to do with differences in the registry between Windows XP, and Windows Vista/7. Apparently in the newer…
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Group Policy or reg hack to hide startup dialogs in XP

I have a system that I'd like to try and hide some dialogs on at startup. I've gotten rid of login, and welcome screen and all kinds of stuff, but there are still a couple of pesky dialogs I can't seem to hide. There is the "Loading your personal…
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Invoking a COM Server Dll on a 64-bit Windows Machine

I originally posted this on StackOverflow, but I thought maybe ServerFault could be a better audience: I have 32-bit COM exe (written in FoxPro). This exe invokes a 32-bit COM dll (also written in FoxPro). In the 32-bit Windows world, the dll is…
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Silent registry changes on Windows 7

I apologize if this is listed elsewhere, but I truly couldn't find it. Does anyone know how to silently modify registry keys in Windows 7? I've tried running regedit with the /S command line switch, but it still prompts the user for permission to…
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