Need some help to write registry files

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Please forgive this message because it is off topic.

I want to open a window in Windows 2000 Pro, set the window up exactly
the way that I want it, including dimensions, columns and their widths,
toolbars, every little aspect of the window---and then record all the
registry settings that control these elements.

I need the location(s) of the Registry where this data is stored. Do
you know of a newsgroup or website that would have that information?

Thanks---and I'm sorry again for the off-topic posting...
 
Anonymous said:
Please forgive this message because it is off topic.

I want to open a window in Windows 2000 Pro, set the window up exactly
the way that I want it, including dimensions, columns and their widths,
toolbars, every little aspect of the window---and then record all the
registry settings that control these elements.

I need the location(s) of the Registry where this data is stored. Do
you know of a newsgroup or website that would have that information?

Thanks---and I'm sorry again for the off-topic posting...
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You can use regmon from www.sysinternals.com to find out where your
program reads/writes the registry. Put a filter on your program name
to limit the data.
 
Please forgive this message because it is off topic.
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I want to open a window in Windows 2000 Pro, set the window up exactly
the way that I want it, including dimensions, columns and their widths,
toolbars, every little aspect of the window---and then record all the
registry settings that control these elements.
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A window in a program you're writing? A window in a program someone
else (a company, perhaps) wrote and you're using? Just "a window" for
some purpose you haven't mentioned?
I need the location(s) of the Registry where this data is stored. Do
you know of a newsgroup or website that would have that information?
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If it's a program, the information is stored anywhere the author wants
to store it, including in ini files rather than in the registry - or
nowhere. Not every program is written to allow the user to save
window positions. (Then, again, I allow the user to choose whether
the window is "on top" or not, and I store this info along with the
window position.)

Short version - if it's a commercial program, post the name - there
are some clues with some programs.
 
Al Klein has brought this to us :
A window in a program you're writing? A window in a program someone
else (a company, perhaps) wrote and you're using? Just "a window" for
some purpose you haven't mentioned?
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It's a folder window in Windows, like C:\Documents and Settings or
Windows Explorer. For example, you load the Operating System onto a
blank hard drive and open a window.

A friend helped me locate the settings of the toolbars of these
Operating System windows in
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar].

Where are the registry settings for the columns in Operating System
windows while they are in Detail View (like Name, Size, Attributes,
Modified, etc.)?
 
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I want to open a window in Windows 2000 Pro, set the window up
exactly the way that I want it, including dimensions, columns
and their widths, toolbars, every little aspect of the
window---and then record all the registry settings that
control these elements.

I need the location(s) of the Registry where this data is
stored. Do you know of a newsgroup or website that would have
that information?

Thanks---and I'm sorry again for the off-topic posting...
Click to expand...
 
Al Klein has brought this to us :
A window in a program you're writing? A window in a program
someone else (a company, perhaps) wrote and you're using? Just
"a window" for some purpose you haven't mentioned?
Click to expand...

It's a folder window in Windows, like C:\Documents and Settings
or Windows Explorer. For example, you load the Operating System
onto a blank hard drive and open a window.

A friend helped me locate the settings of the toolbars of these
Operating System windows in
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Toolbar].

Where are the registry settings for the columns in Operating
System windows while they are in Detail View (like Name, Size,
Attributes, Modified, etc.)?
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Each folder has its own settings. Look in the Shell folder in
each of the many Numbered folders under this key:

HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-861567501-920026266-1957994488-1003\Software
\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\Bags

You may have some other long series of digits in that reg key.

See: 'Understanding Saved Views & Browsing Folders In Win 2K Pro'
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/2000/serv
er/reskit/en-us/prork/prde_ffs_fpeq.asp
 
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