regedit command line syntax to view keys

[mmmjean]

Hello,

I have WinXp Home on my computer.

IfI have to modify a registry key I would usually go to Start-> run->
regedit. Then I would surf through the tree view of the graphical
interface down to the keys I need to check out.

Most of the time I have the path to the keys I want to check from a
file, so I could copy-paste this path in a command line.

Question 1:
What is the command line syntax to come directly to the registry place
I know and avoid making my way through the tree view?
Is it something like:
regedit /[option]=HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT

Question 2:
Is there a good site explaining more on regedit and the registry?

Thanks.

Jean

 

[Kelly]

Hi Jean,

There aren't many things to change often in that key. However, to answer
your question, either save it in Favorites (via regedit) or bank on last
state.

More information here:

Windows Registry Tutorial
http://www.winguides.com/article.php?id=1&guide=registry

 

[mmmjean]

It's true, there isn't much to change in that key, except...
....Outlook settings!

I used the repair function of Outlook 2003 because I got a problem
with the e-mail editor after installing updates downloaded from the
Microsoft Office site. After the updates, Word 2003 would not open in
Outlook anymore.

I used the repair function of Outlook 2003, and then I got new
problems. Outlook was looking for a mail account that did not exist
anymore. It appeared as a folder in Outlook but if I wanted to delete
this folder, Oulook would warn that this folder was related to an
e-mail account and that I had to delete this e-mail account before
trying to delete the folder. Well, the e-mail account did not exist
anymore since I deleted it a few months before, so I didn't see what I
could still delete.

This would have been no big problem (why bother for a folder if it
keeps quiet) but then there was this bugging pop-up that
systematically appeared when I turned on Outlook. This pop-up asked
for the password of the mail account... that did not exist anymore!

To get rid of this problem I backed up my mails and my Outlook
settings and then I deleted the registry entries containing the name
of the mail account deleted in the past. Maybe it is a dangerous and
dirty way to solve the problem but at least since then I haven't seen
this bugging pop-up anymore.

The only side effect I have noticed is that the "dead" folder is still
there. It has no name and cannot be deleted. But who cares, it keeps
quiet and the pop-ups are gone.

If you have a better idea to solve my problem in a clean way I am open
to your suggestions.

Jean