editing registry

[Guest]

I downloaded an evaluation copy of WinRAR 3.7. I'm trying to edit the
registry key following the RARLabs instructions, but am getting a failure
message. Basically, it says to import the binary within regedit. I'm
waiting on instructions from RARLabs, but they're located in Germany. Any
help beyond backing up the Registry would be helpful. I'm not afraid to
tinker around with the Regstry provided I have some
clue(s) as to what's going on.
Thanks in advance.

 

[Daave]

I downloaded an evaluation copy of WinRAR 3.7. I'm trying to edit the
registry key following the RARLabs instructions, but am getting a
failure message. Basically, it says to import the binary within
regedit. I'm waiting on instructions from RARLabs, but they're
located in Germany. Any help beyond backing up the Registry would be
helpful. I'm not afraid to tinker around with the Regstry provided I
have some clue(s) as to what's going on.
Thanks in advance.

Use ERUNT (Emergency Recovery Utility NT) to backup the registry:
http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/

To learn about regedit, see:

"Windows Registry Tutorial":
http://www.akadia.com/services/windows_registry_tutorial.html

"What is the Registry?":
http://www.pctools.com/guides/article/id/1/

"Description of the Microsoft Windows registry":
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/256986

 

[Guest]

I downloaded an evaluation copy of WinRAR 3.7. I'm trying to edit the
registry key following the RARLabs instructions, but am getting a failure
message. Basically, it says to import the binary within regedit. I'm
waiting on instructions from RARLabs, but they're located in Germany. Any
help beyond backing up the Registry would be helpful. I'm not afraid to
tinker around with the Regstry provided I have some
clue(s) as to what's going on.
Thanks in advance.

Tell us what exactly you want to change and the exact error message?.
Try your Changes in safe Mode and preferably to log as Admin to perform this
operation.
Here are gerneral tutorial on how to edit the reg:
http://www.akadia.com/services/windows_registry_tutorial.html
How to Use the Registry Editor
http://antivirus.vt.edu/info/regedit.asp
HTH.
nass

 

[Brian A.]

You'll get a response within 24 hrs, they're very good with their support.

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[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Any help beyond backing up the Registry would be helpful.

How to backup the Windows XP Registry?:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/registry.htm

[ERUNT] Registry Backup and Restore for Windows
http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/

[ERUNT Download URLs]
http://www.aumha.org/downloads/erunt.zip
http://www.aumha.org/downloads/erunt-setup.exe

[Installing & Using ERUNT]
http://www.winxptutor.com/regback.htm
http://www.silentrunners.org/sr_eruntuse.html
http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/erunt.txt


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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


I downloaded an evaluation copy of WinRAR 3.7. I'm trying to edit the
registry key following the RARLabs instructions, but am getting a failure
message. Basically, it says to import the binary within regedit. I'm
waiting on instructions from RARLabs, but they're located in Germany. Any
help beyond backing up the Registry would be helpful. I'm not afraid to
tinker around with the Regstry provided I have some
clue(s) as to what's going on.
Thanks in advance.