Registry Advice

[Guest]

I have noticed that in the registry, under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, I have
literally hundreds and hundreds of entries that are in the form of:

eg1 - 'AppManager' and then one immediately underneath it as 'AppManager.1'
eg2 - 'AMOVIE.ActiveMovie Control' and then one immediately underneath it as
AMOVIE.ActiveMovie.2'
eg3 - AMtoolbar.AMtoolbar and then one immediately underneath it as
AMtoolbar.AMToolbar.1

They seem to have the same data withing the key. Is it OK to delete the keys
with the *.1 or *.2 as they have the same data and hence make the registry a
lot smaller?

Any help much appreciated.

Regards

 

[Tom Porterfield]

I have noticed that in the registry, under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, I have
literally hundreds and hundreds of entries that are in the form of:

eg1 - 'AppManager' and then one immediately underneath it as 'AppManager.1'
eg2 - 'AMOVIE.ActiveMovie Control' and then one immediately underneath it as
AMOVIE.ActiveMovie.2'
eg3 - AMtoolbar.AMtoolbar and then one immediately underneath it as
AMtoolbar.AMToolbar.1

They seem to have the same data withing the key. Is it OK to delete the keys
with the *.1 or *.2 as they have the same data and hence make the registry a
lot smaller?

The reason is that the technology can support multiple versions of the
application installed at the same time. So you have a version
independent entry for any app that uses the interface that way, and a
versioned entry for any app that only wants to a use a specific version
of the interface. Since you don't know how the interface is being
called and used, it would be unsafe to remove one of the entries.
--
Tom Porterfield
MS-MVP MCE
http://support.telop.org

Please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup only.

 

[JAX]

Unless you have a specific reason for modifying the registry, i.e., a
problem, it is best to stay out of it. If you do choose to "tamper" with the
registry, make sure you back it up before doing so.

FWIW, JAX

 

[Tumbleweed]

Are you that short on disk space to be deleting a few bytes from the
registry? Try making your recycle bin and space for temp internet files
smaller first!

 

[Plato]

I have noticed that in the registry, under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, I have
literally hundreds and hundreds of entries that are in the form of:

Please state what specific problem you are trying to fix.