WTD: Easy way to move parts of the registry..

[Hans Holmberg]

On Mon, 16 Nov 1998, James [Wez] Weatherall wrote:

> On Mon, 16 Nov 1998, Luis B. Almeida wrote:
> 
> > "James [Wez] Weatherall" wrote:
> > > 
> > > On Mon, 16 Nov 1998, Andrew Cooke wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Does anyone know how I can move segments of the registry around easily without wrinting down the information.
> > > >
> > > > Are there any 3rd party utils that do they job..
> > > 
> > > Regedt32 should be able to handle that.
> > 
> > I don't know exactly what you mean by "regedt32". Is it an NT utility?
> 
> Oh.  Yes.  Sorry!
> 
> > In Windows 95, I use "regedit.exe", but in order to move information I
> > have to export the desired data to a text file, do a bit of editing
> > there with a text editor and then import again into the registry. Is
> > there an easier way?
> 
> As I recall, there isn't an easier way for Win95.  Perhaps there is some
> cunning command-line option to regedit, but I doubt it.  Regedt32 is
> better in many ways but worse in others, than regedit, and it uses
> registry security, which Win95 doesn't understand, which is why, I assume,
> they don't package it with 95.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> James "Wez" Weatherall

If I need to move a bunch of entries in the registry I usually export them
to a textfile on which I do a search and replace on the keys. Then I only
need to import that file, and viola.

/hasse

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