Regedit

[George]

How do you get Regedit in XP to always open at My Computer instead
of at the last key visited?

Thanks,

George

P.S. Pls. reply in ng; e-mail address is invalid.

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

By closing all the branches before you close the registry editor each time.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Use Doug Knox's regopen.vbs, I use it all the time unless I want to open
regedit back to where I left off on something.

[[regopen.vbs - Bypasses Regedit's "memory" of the last key visited
Copyright - Doug Knox

Usage: Download regopen.vbs and save this file to your hard drive. Create a
shortcut to the VBS file you just downloaded. Use this shortcut to launch
Regedit. The Registry key where Regedit stores its "last visited" key will
be cleared, then Regedit will be launched. This script can be viewed in
Notepad or any text editor, as to the specific Registry key and value that
are updated.

This page last updated 08/17/2003 23:15
All material © Doug Knox ]]
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts/regopen.vbs

 

[George]

Rick, that's what I'm trying to avoid (as per Win98). Wesley
below has a fix.

George

 

[George]

Thanks Wesley, again, appreciate it.

George

Use Doug Knox's regopen.vbs, I use it all the time unless I want to open
regedit back to where I left off on something.

[[regopen.vbs - Bypasses Regedit's "memory" of the last key visited
Copyright - Doug Knox

Usage: Download regopen.vbs and save this file to your hard drive. Create a
shortcut to the VBS file you just downloaded. Use this shortcut to launch
Regedit. The Registry key where Regedit stores its "last visited" key will
be cleared, then Regedit will be launched. This script can be viewed in
Notepad or any text editor, as to the specific Registry key and value that
are updated.

This page last updated 08/17/2003 23:15
All material © Doug Knox ]]
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts/regopen.vbs

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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

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How do you get Regedit in XP to always open at My Computer instead
of at the last key visited?

Thanks,

George

P.S. Pls. reply in ng; e-mail address is invalid.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

George,

Keep having fun!!

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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In

Thanks Wesley, again, appreciate it.

George

Use Doug Knox's regopen.vbs, I use it all the time unless I want to
open regedit back to where I left off on something.

[[regopen.vbs - Bypasses Regedit's "memory" of the last key visited
Copyright - Doug Knox

Usage: Download regopen.vbs and save this file to your hard drive.
Create a shortcut to the VBS file you just downloaded. Use this
shortcut to launch Regedit. The Registry key where Regedit stores
its "last visited" key will be cleared, then Regedit will be
launched. This script can be viewed in Notepad or any text editor,
as to the specific Registry key and value that are updated.

This page last updated 08/17/2003 23:15
All material © Doug Knox ]]
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts/regopen.vbs

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In

How do you get Regedit in XP to always open at My Computer instead
of at the last key visited?

Thanks,

George

P.S. Pls. reply in ng; e-mail address is invalid.

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi George,

Doug's fix simply deletes this key:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Regedit\LastKey

You can achieve the same thing manually, or use my suggestion or Doug's
method. Whatever works for you.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Rick,

Doug's regopen.vbs also opens Regedit at about the same time that it deletes
the LastKey. Quick and handy. I can open regedit faster than you can
hit Start | Run and type regedit and Enter. Unless you've got a shortcut to
regedit.exe on your Desktop. ;-) Sorry if I sound like a salesman.

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

<lol>

Ctrl+alt+G is my three-finger hotkey to regedit, can't get any quicker than
that. Especially if you're more of a keyboarder than a mouse person.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Wesley Vogel]

You got me on that one. ;-)

I did create a shortcut to: regedit.exe with Ctrl + Alt + R.
I still use Doug's regopen.vbs.

 

[Guest]

Regardless of how many answers you get, do not, repeat do not, open any program of that nature unless you are sure you know what you are doing. And, since you don't know how to get it started easily, you seem not to. Windows XP is not 98 or ME. It's much more sophisticed. When you edit the registry you might just find you've deleted several of those little registry parts that make Pro run properly.