HKEY_CURRENT_USER

[Guest]

Using regedit I wanted to rename the Control Panel subfolder named
Accessibility to "*Accessbility" (no "i" after Access) following instructions
I got online to disable Accessibility & its subprograms from showing up under
Programs>Accessories. I did make a backup using the Backup utility before
trying this. After I renamed the folder the entries under Accessories were
still visible and worked so I went back in regedit and tried to rename the
folder back to its original name but I got this error: "Error Renaming Key-
The registry editor can't rename "@Accessbility". The specified key name
already exists. Type another name and try again."

Hmmmmm. I went back into regedit and noticed another Accessibility folder
beneath the one I renamed, it has a subfolder called Serial Keys. The one I
renamed has several subfolders called Blind Access, High Contrast, etc. I'm
wondering is this as it should be, having the two Accessibility folders under
Control Panel in HKEY_CURRENT_USER? Probably so, since they have different
subfolders under them but just curious. I know, I should have made a note of
what exactly was in in HKEY_CURRENT_USER before I started editing things in
there. To be sure, does anyone know for sure if that first folder under
Control Panel is named Accessibility- the one I renamed?

This might be all moot if it's alright to just go ahead and delete the two
Accessiblity folders from the system as I don't really need them. But I
really don't recall seeing two of them initially and the instructions I had
mentioned only one folder to rename. Arggg. Or since I have the "System
State" files backed up can I just restore them using Backup and be okay and
have things back to where I started before messing around with this renaming
? Thanks for any help with this!

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Using regedit I wanted to rename the Control Panel subfolder named
Accessibility to "*Accessbility" (no "i" after Access) following instructions
I got online to disable Accessibility & its subprograms from showing up under
Programs>Accessories. I did make a backup using the Backup utility before
trying this. After I renamed the folder the entries under Accessories were
still visible and worked so I went back in regedit and tried to rename the
folder back to its original name but I got this error: "Error Renaming Key-
The registry editor can't rename "@Accessbility". The specified key name
already exists. Type another name and try again."

Hmmmmm. I went back into regedit and noticed another Accessibility folder
beneath the one I renamed, it has a subfolder called Serial Keys. The one I
renamed has several subfolders called Blind Access, High Contrast, etc. I'm
wondering is this as it should be, having the two Accessibility folders under
Control Panel in HKEY_CURRENT_USER? Probably so, since they have different
subfolders under them but just curious. I know, I should have made a note of
what exactly was in in HKEY_CURRENT_USER before I started editing things in
there. To be sure, does anyone know for sure if that first folder under
Control Panel is named Accessibility- the one I renamed?

This might be all moot if it's alright to just go ahead and delete the two
Accessiblity folders from the system as I don't really need them. But I
really don't recall seeing two of them initially and the instructions I had
mentioned only one folder to rename. Arggg. Or since I have the "System
State" files backed up can I just restore them using Backup and be okay and
have things back to where I started before messing around with this renaming
? Thanks for any help with this!

Instead of using backup/restore, use System Restore to restore your
registry to the condition it was in before you started modifying it.

 

[Rock]

Using regedit I wanted to rename the Control Panel subfolder named
Accessibility to "*Accessbility" (no "i" after Access) following
instructions
I got online to disable Accessibility & its subprograms from showing up
under
Programs>Accessories. I did make a backup using the Backup utility before
trying this. After I renamed the folder the entries under Accessories
were
still visible and worked so I went back in regedit and tried to rename the
folder back to its original name but I got this error: "Error Renaming
Key-
The registry editor can't rename "@Accessbility". The specified key name
already exists. Type another name and try again."

Hmmmmm. I went back into regedit and noticed another Accessibility folder
beneath the one I renamed, it has a subfolder called Serial Keys. The one
I
renamed has several subfolders called Blind Access, High Contrast, etc.
I'm
wondering is this as it should be, having the two Accessibility folders
under
Control Panel in HKEY_CURRENT_USER? Probably so, since they have different
subfolders under them but just curious. I know, I should have made a note
of
what exactly was in in HKEY_CURRENT_USER before I started editing things
in
there. To be sure, does anyone know for sure if that first folder under
Control Panel is named Accessibility- the one I renamed?

This might be all moot if it's alright to just go ahead and delete the two
Accessiblity folders from the system as I don't really need them. But I
really don't recall seeing two of them initially and the instructions I
had
mentioned only one folder to rename. Arggg. Or since I have the "System
State" files backed up can I just restore them using Backup and be okay
and
have things back to where I started before messing around with this
renaming
? Thanks for any help with this!

In addition to Pegasus' comment, when modifying a key in the registry first
export the key about to be changed from File | Export. Then if it's
botched, like your case, just import the original key.

Don't mess around in the registry without having at least this kind of
backup. ERUNT is a good program for backing up the entire registry. If
properly configured the backups can be restored via Recovery Console.

ERUNT
http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/
http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/erunt.txt

Installing and Using ERUNT
http://www.silentrunners.org/sr_eruntuse.html
http://www.winxptutor.com/regback.htm

 

[Guest]

Okay thanks the both of you for the replies, I've taken note. So I can
assume in this case with the botched renaming (which btw upon several
restarts doesn't seem to show any obvious changes to the system) I'm okay to
just go to a recent restore point (yesterday as it turns out) and I'll be
okay with any changes I made to the registry just recently?

 

[John John]

I don't know why you are fussing about in the registry for this. The
folder contains shortcuts only and it can be deleted or moved without
any problems.

John

 

[Guest]

Guess I'm not as smart as you. The folder may contain shortcuts but I was
unsure if I deleted it if I would be able to find the original program files
if need be in the future- they aren't in my C:\Program Files or Add/Remove
Programs lists. Yes I should have just made a copy folder and placed in My
Documents etc. Oh well I had to make it hard on myself I guess.

 

[Guest]

BTW Rock and Pegasus, I forgot to mention in my previous post that I used
System Restore and all is well now. I didn't have to go back very far as it
had created a restore point just before I screwed up in the registry, when I
had used the Backup utility. Thanks again for your advice! -Bob

 

[Rock]

BTW Rock and Pegasus, I forgot to mention in my previous post that I used
System Restore and all is well now. I didn't have to go back very far as
it
had created a restore point just before I screwed up in the registry, when
I
had used the Backup utility. Thanks again for your advice!

Great, glad it worked out for you. Just a few words about relying on System
Restore. It's a good tool to recover form recent mishaps, as you
experienced, however sometimes it can get messed up, and you won't know it
until you try to restore and get a message some sort of message that it
can't. See Bert Kinney's System Restore page for tips on how to keep it
healthy.

Don't rely on SR as your only means of recovering from problems. Always
have redundancy. ERUNT for the registry for example, frequent backups of
important data, and I would highly recommend, a drive imaging program to
regularly save a compressed image of the drive on an USB external hard
drive.

http://bertk.mvps.org/index.html

 

[Guest]

Thanks for that, duly noted! I do backups to DVD of my important photos &
files, until recently I had an external HDD for backups as well, I'm getting
a new one soon. The drive-imaging program is something I will definitely look
into (any suggestions for particular ones to look for?), as I recently had
the pleasure of a primary HDD failure and lost everything on it. Yes I at
least had my most important photos & files backed up externally so I didn't
lose much other than the pain of reinstalling the OS and programs, etc. Big
lesson learned. A drive-imaging program would have undoubtably made things
easier. I hear you about not depending too much on just System Restore.
Thank you for your advice, Bob

 

[Rock]

Thanks for that, duly noted! I do backups to DVD of my important photos &
files, until recently I had an external HDD for backups as well, I'm
getting
a new one soon. The drive-imaging program is something I will definitely
look
into (any suggestions for particular ones to look for?), as I recently had
the pleasure of a primary HDD failure and lost everything on it. Yes I at
least had my most important photos & files backed up externally so I
didn't
lose much other than the pain of reinstalling the OS and programs, etc.
Big
lesson learned. A drive-imaging program would have undoubtably made
things
easier. I hear you about not depending too much on just System Restore.
Thank you for your advice, Bob

Acronis True Image 10 seems to be quite popular at the moment. There is
also Norton Ghost, Terabyte Unlimited's Image for Windows and Terabyte
Unlimited's Boot It Next Generation (BING), among others. I don't have any
direct experience with any of these programs. I use an other program, Drive
Image 7, which was bought out by Symantec and incorporated in their latest
release of Ghost. I'm not too hot on what Symantec does with programs once
the get them, so my inclination would be to look at ATI.

 

[Guest]

Thanks, yeah I've heard of Norton Ghost, I'll check out that ATI 10. I
briefly read thru Bert Kinney's system restore page about keeping it healthy-
I read it long ago. I'll definitely look into it further, good info to have!

 

[Rock]

Thanks, yeah I've heard of Norton Ghost, I'll check out that ATI 10. I
briefly read thru Bert Kinney's system restore page about keeping it
healthy-
I read it long ago. I'll definitely look into it further, good info to
have!

You're welcome.