Regedit is WORTHLESS!!

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Mike Matheny

How in the heck (and I'm being nice here!) do you tell what top level key
you are at when you do a search and it finds the data in a sub key??? There
is NO indicator of what top level key you are at!!
 
Mike Matheny said:
How in the heck (and I'm being nice here!) do you tell what top level key
you are at when you do a search and it finds the data in a sub key???
There is NO indicator of what top level key you are at!!
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If you don't see the whole key at the bottom click View and click Status Bar
to check it.
 
The whole "registry" thing that MickeyMouse invented is a sad joke and
Amen to that. Its days are numbered.
 
Mike said:
How in the heck (and I'm being nice here!) do you tell what top level key
you are at when you do a search and it finds the data in a sub key???
There is NO indicator of what top level key you are at!!
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The whole "registry" thing that MickeyMouse invented is a sad joke and has
been from day one. It is nothing but a source of problems and is an
unintelligible mess, that does nothing but grow and grow over time. The
logic of keeping all configuration settings in simple text files - highly
readable, easily fixed and well commented - the *NIX way, has always made
far more sense.

Cheers.
 
No, I don't think it's worthless, it's the users like me and you need to
learn how to use it. In fact, it is quite powerful if you know how to use it,
I was going to tell you, but you sound confused, I suggest you don't want to
mess around with it before you run into catastrophic disaster.
 
There has been a UI change where the selected key in the same as an unopened
key. It used to be that an open key was represented by an open folder.
Although one had to look very closely to see the difference between an open
and close icon.
 
One saving grace -- regedit in Vista will use the open folder icon specified
under:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Shell Icons"

I don't think it did that in XP. I use:
-------------------
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Shell
Icons]
"4"="C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\SHELL32.dll,137"
 
The whole "registry" thing that MickeyMouse invented is a sad joke and has
been from day one. It is nothing but a source of problems and is an
unintelligible mess, that does nothing but grow and grow over time. The
logic of keeping all configuration settings in simple text files - highly
readable, easily fixed and well commented - the *NIX way, has always made
far more sense.

Cheers.
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Thats why MS grew thousand fold over *NIX u dumbass
 
Last saturday I woke up without pain. Chickened out on a second mouth op on
wednesday. Want to eat for a few weeks first. I was getting very hungry. And
canned dolmades don't cut it as the only element in a diet, and even these
soggy things manage to leave rice grains in the wounds to rot and cause
pain..
Keith Miller MVP said:
One saving grace -- regedit in Vista will use the open folder icon
specified under:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Shell Icons"

I don't think it did that in XP. I use:
-------------------
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Shell
Icons]
"4"="C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\SHELL32.dll,137"

-------------------

PS. How're the teeth?

--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

There has been a UI change where the selected key in the same as an
unopened key. It used to be that an open key was represented by an open
folder. Although one had to look very closely to see the difference
between an open and close icon.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Ouch. You have my sympathies. Fatten yourself up before that next surgery
:)


--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

Last saturday I woke up without pain. Chickened out on a second mouth op
on wednesday. Want to eat for a few weeks first. I was getting very
hungry. And canned dolmades don't cut it as the only element in a diet,
and even these soggy things manage to leave rice grains in the wounds to
rot and cause pain..
Keith Miller MVP said:
One saving grace -- regedit in Vista will use the open folder icon
specified under:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Shell Icons"

I don't think it did that in XP. I use:
-------------------
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Shell
Icons]
"4"="C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\SHELL32.dll,137"

-------------------

PS. How're the teeth?

--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

There has been a UI change where the selected key in the same as an
unopened key. It used to be that an open key was represented by an open
folder. Although one had to look very closely to see the difference
between an open and close icon.
message No, I don't think it's worthless, it's the users like me and you need
to
learn how to use it. In fact, it is quite powerful if you know how to
use it,
I was going to tell you, but you sound confused, I suggest you don't
want to
mess around with it before you run into catastrophic disaster.

:

How in the heck (and I'm being nice here!) do you tell what top level
key
you are at when you do a search and it finds the data in a sub key???
There
is NO indicator of what top level key you are at!!
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
.. said:
Last saturday I woke up without pain. Chickened out on a second mouth op
on wednesday. Want to eat for a few weeks first. I was getting very
hungry. And canned dolmades don't cut it as the only element in a diet,
and even these soggy things manage to leave rice grains in the wounds to
rot and cause pain..
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Yeahhhh...futtin rot mate!
Frank
 
AAndonian said:
Thats why MS grew thousand fold over *NIX u dumbass
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No, it "grew" because MickeyMouse tied all the manufacturers into their
monopolistic policies of forcing them to bundle Windoze on every computer
they sold. They did this by threatening higher per desktop pricing if the
manufacturers didn't bundle Windoze on EVERY computer they sold. Try and
even purchase a computer that doesn't have Windoze pre-installed. It has
NOTHING to do with the merits of this toy operating system and all to do
with MickeyMouse's marketing muscle.

Just look at the situation today, where users, in the main, have determined
they don't want Vista, but are having a tough time finding a new computer
that still comes bundled with XP. That's the reality and calling me a
dumbass, doesn't diminish this reality at all.


Cheers.
 
NoStop said:
No, it "grew" because MickeyMouse tied all the manufacturers into their
monopolistic policies of forcing them to bundle Windoze on every computer
they sold. They did this by threatening higher per desktop pricing if the
manufacturers didn't bundle Windoze on EVERY computer they sold. Try and
even purchase a computer that doesn't have Windoze pre-installed. It has
NOTHING to do with the merits of this toy operating system and all to do
with MickeyMouse's marketing muscle.

Just look at the situation today, where users, in the main, have
determined
they don't want Vista, but are having a tough time finding a new computer
that still comes bundled with XP. That's the reality and calling me a
dumbass, doesn't diminish this reality at all.


Cheers.
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Honest evaluation of Vista! Must See!
 
Yeah, I remembered that now. In XP I used to use a resource editor to
change the color of the opened folder RED! Now that was great! I see farther
down that you can have it show a opened folder with a registry edit.
 
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