Delete button greyed out in registry

[Guest]

My neighbor just called me wanting to know why the delete function in his
registry, windows 2000 pro, is greyed out. He was told to delete a certain
registry key to be able to reinstall a device. Does anyone know how to
correct this or is it a serious problem? Is there an administrative setting
some where that could cause this? Thanks for any help.

 

[Dave Patrick]

To display hidden devices, non-Plug and Play devices, and devices not
attached to the computer (commonly known as "ghosted" or "phantom" devices)
Save the following two lines as a file then execute.

--------------------------setdev.bat---------------------
set DEVMGR_SHOW_NONPRESENT_DEVICES=1
start devmgmt.msc
---------------------------------------------------------

Then, View|Show Hidden Devices to remove or reconfigure these devices. Do
not edit the registry.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

 

[Guest]

Thanks for your help Dave, I will give this information to my neighbor so he
can troubleshoot his computer...
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Wayne

To display hidden devices, non-Plug and Play devices, and devices not
attached to the computer (commonly known as "ghosted" or "phantom" devices)
Save the following two lines as a file then execute.

--------------------------setdev.bat---------------------
set DEVMGR_SHOW_NONPRESENT_DEVICES=1
start devmgmt.msc
---------------------------------------------------------

Then, View|Show Hidden Devices to remove or reconfigure these devices. Do
not edit the registry.

--

Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

My neighbor just called me wanting to know why the delete function in his
registry, windows 2000 pro, is greyed out. He was told to delete a certain
registry key to be able to reinstall a device. Does anyone know how to
correct this or is it a serious problem? Is there an administrative
setting
some where that could cause this? Thanks for any help.

 

[Dave Patrick]

You're welcome.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect