Hi everyone,

I took the hard drive from my father's old computer and put it in his new
machine (as the D: drive) just in case we needed some old files. Turns out,
we need to read a few registry settings on it to get his Outlook Express
mail settings. Is there a way to run regedit, or something similar, that
will let me see the keys and values on the D: drive's copy of the registry?
The drive itself is in FAT format. Thanks!

Replied to [Jim Bancroft]s message :
> Hi everyone,
>
> I took the hard drive from my father's old computer and put it in his new
> machine (as the D: drive) just in case we needed some old files. Turns out,
> we need to read a few registry settings on it to get his Outlook Express
> mail settings. Is there a way to run regedit, or something similar, that
> will let me see the keys and values on the D: drive's copy of the registry?
> The drive itself is in FAT format. Thanks!
>
>


Load the hive.

To load Local_machine hive,
Open regedit > Click "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE"
File > Load Hive > Browse to the file
Give it a name > then do what yoy want to do with it
Click on the loaded hive > File > Unload Hive


To load a Users hive,

Open regedit > Click "HKEY_USERS"
File > Load Hive > Browse to the file
Give it a name > then do what yoy want to do with it
Click on the loaded hive > File > Unload Hive


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In microsoft.public.win2000.registry Ayush wrote:

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> Replied to [Jim Bancroft]s message :
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I took the hard drive from my father's old computer and put it
>> in his new machine (as the D: drive) just in case we needed
>> some old files. Turns out, we need to read a few registry
>> settings on it to get his Outlook Express mail settings. Is
>> there a way to run regedit, or something similar, that will let
>> me see the keys and values on the D: drive's copy of the
>> registry? The drive itself is in FAT format. Thanks!
[ ]

> Load the hive.
>
> To load Local_machine hive,
> Open regedit > Click "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE"
> File > Load Hive > Browse to the file
> Give it a name > then do what yoy want to do with it
> Click on the loaded hive > File > Unload Hive
>
>
> To load a Users hive,
>
> Open regedit > Click "HKEY_USERS"
> File > Load Hive > Browse to the file
> Give it a name > then do what yoy want to do with it
> Click on the loaded hive > File > Unload Hive

Just to note.
If W2K "host" use regedt32.exe
OP,
Always include the version of Windows when posting please.
I suggest you make a copy of the archived hive file and work with
that instead of risking accidental alteration of one's only safety
backup copy.

Thanks for the help. I'm looking for a Windows2000's HKEY_CURRENT_USER
subbranch. Where is that generally stored on the drive?


"Mark V" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> In microsoft.public.win2000.registry Ayush wrote:
>
> Multiple groups listed. Replying only to
> microsoft.public.win2000.registry
>
>> Replied to [Jim Bancroft]s message :
>>> Hi everyone,
>>>
>>> I took the hard drive from my father's old computer and put it
>>> in his new machine (as the D: drive) just in case we needed
>>> some old files. Turns out, we need to read a few registry
>>> settings on it to get his Outlook Express mail settings. Is
>>> there a way to run regedit, or something similar, that will let
>>> me see the keys and values on the D: drive's copy of the
>>> registry? The drive itself is in FAT format. Thanks!
> [ ]
>
>> Load the hive.
>>
>> To load Local_machine hive,
>> Open regedit > Click "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE"
>> File > Load Hive > Browse to the file
>> Give it a name > then do what yoy want to do with it
>> Click on the loaded hive > File > Unload Hive
>>
>>
>> To load a Users hive,
>>
>> Open regedit > Click "HKEY_USERS"
>> File > Load Hive > Browse to the file
>> Give it a name > then do what yoy want to do with it
>> Click on the loaded hive > File > Unload Hive
>
> Just to note.
> If W2K "host" use regedt32.exe
> OP,
> Always include the version of Windows when posting please.
> I suggest you make a copy of the archived hive file and work with
> that instead of risking accidental alteration of one's only safety
> backup copy.

ntuser.dat in the root of the user profile.

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Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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"Jim Bancroft" wrote:
> Thanks for the help. I'm looking for a Windows2000's HKEY_CURRENT_USER
> subbranch. Where is that generally stored on the drive?