Registry Find & Replace

[Chris Barnes]

I am looking for a utility which adds a "Find and Replace" function to the
Regedit. I searched this newsgroup and was very surprised that I didn't
see any articles on the topic. I only have 2 requirements:

a) it's SAFE
b) it's shareware


I do NOT want a registry cleaner (see "a" above) or anything that is a
replacement for Regedit.

 

[db]

Registrar Lite .....

The question is not if the freeware
is safe but rather if it is idiot proof.

Therefore:

"Have you're backup protocols in place"

- db
I am looking for a utility which adds a "Find and Replace" function to the
Regedit. I searched this newsgroup and was very surprised that I didn't
see any articles on the topic. I only have 2 requirements:

a) it's SAFE
b) it's shareware


I do NOT want a registry cleaner (see "a" above) or anything that is a
replacement for Regedit.

 

[Alias]

"Have you're [sic] backup protocols in place"

- db

Giggle.

"Have you are backup protocols in place"

ROFL!

Please stop posting in HTML.

Thank you.

Alias

 

[Larry(LJL269)]

http://www.safer-networking.org/en/regalyzer/index.html

HTH-Larry

I am looking for a utility which adds a "Find and Replace" function to the
Regedit. I searched this newsgroup and was very surprised that I didn't
see any articles on the topic. I only have 2 requirements:

a) it's SAFE
b) it's shareware


I do NOT want a registry cleaner (see "a" above) or anything that is a
replacement for Regedit.

Any advice is my attempt to contribute more than I have received but I can only assure you that it works on my PC. GOOD LUCK.

 

[db]

glad you found it humorous
and your place where the dust
bunnies roam...

"Have you're [sic] backup protocols in place"

- db

Giggle.

"Have you are backup protocols in place"

ROFL!

Please stop posting in HTML.

Thank you.

Alias

 

[Chris Barnes]

http://www.safer-networking.org/en/regalyzer/index.html

Thank you. I like Spybot S&D, so I'll give this a try.

 

[HEMI-Powered]

Today, Chris Barnes made these interesting comments ...

I am looking for a utility which adds a "Find and Replace"
function to the Regedit. I searched this newsgroup and was
very surprised that I didn't see any articles on the topic.
I only have 2 requirements:

a) it's SAFE
b) it's shareware


I do NOT want a registry cleaner (see "a" above) or anything
that is a replacement for Regedit.

Be careful of things that are free, you often get what you pay for.
I personally use the commercial utility JV16 Powertools which does
all the nifty stuff, including cleaning under my control. It has an
outstanding search engine and completely replaces regedit, which is
a pretty poor editor at best, and a dangerous one at worst. I'm not
trying to tell you what to do or how to spend your money, but you
may want to consider what you're asking here as well as evaulate
whatever your current backup strategy is. You do regularly back up
your system, right?

P.S. NO registry editor/cleaner is "safe" when improperly used, and
any of them are only one mouse click away from sheer meltdown, so,
as the saying goes in addition to the above, be careful of what you
wish for, you may get it.

 

[HEMI-Powered]

Today, Chris Barnes made these interesting comments ...

Thank you. I like Spybot S&D, so I'll give this a try.

I'll have to look but I can't remember spy bot doing registry work,
just malware scans, for which it is outstanding

 

[db]

Automation and unbridled curiosity
can create a convenient mess
of the registry.

However, if I'm not mistaken
one could simply export the
registry as a text file.

Then with the utilization of
the familiar "find and replace"
feature of a sophisticated editor
the file can be hacked as desired
and then imported back into the hive...

- db

I am looking for a utility which adds a "Find and Replace"
function to the Regedit. I searched this newsgroup and was
very surprised that I didn't see any articles on the topic.
I only have 2 requirements:

a) it's SAFE
b) it's shareware


I do NOT want a registry cleaner (see "a" above) or anything
that is a replacement for Regedit.

Be careful of things that are free, you often get what you pay for.
I personally use the commercial utility JV16 Powertools which does
all the nifty stuff, including cleaning under my control. It has an
outstanding search engine and completely replaces regedit, which is
a pretty poor editor at best, and a dangerous one at worst. I'm not
trying to tell you what to do or how to spend your money, but you
may want to consider what you're asking here as well as evaulate
whatever your current backup strategy is. You do regularly back up
your system, right?

P.S. NO registry editor/cleaner is "safe" when improperly used, and
any of them are only one mouse click away from sheer meltdown, so,
as the saying goes in addition to the above, be careful of what you
wish for, you may get it.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

His comment has to do with the fact that both RegAlyzer and Spybot-S&D are
from www.safer-networking.org (Safer Networking Limited).

Products
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/paragraphs/home_products.html

Tools
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/tools/index.html

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

 

[HEMI-Powered]

Today, db made these interesting comments ...

Automation and unbridled curiosity
can create a convenient mess
of the registry.

However, if I'm not mistaken
one could simply export the
registry as a text file.

yep, you sure can, but nope, you can't always do a full restore
from a text file. first, windows may be using that part of the
registry and not let you, and second, you may have mangled the
system so badly that you cannot even get to regedit to attempt a
restore. besides using system restore points, there are many other
things one should do to protect themselves against disaster, lest
one become yet another of those who do the nuke and reinstall
shuffle.

Then with the utilization of
the familiar "find and replace"
feature of a sophisticated editor
the file can be hacked as desired
and then imported back into the hive...

also very true, IF one can get the bees in the hive to cooperate.
sufficiently destroyed, a corrupt registry can prevent even a safe
mode restart, how then would you import back from wherever you
exported the registry to?

 

[Larry(LJL269)]

JV16 used to be free

I've found mean quality of freeware = mean quality of payware but
variance is greater.

Just my 2¢ worth. Larry

Today, Chris Barnes made these interesting comments ...

Be careful of things that are free, you often get what you pay for.
I personally use the commercial utility JV16 Powertools which does
all the nifty stuff, including cleaning under my control. It has an
outstanding search engine and completely replaces regedit, which is
a pretty poor editor at best, and a dangerous one at worst. I'm not
trying to tell you what to do or how to spend your money, but you
may want to consider what you're asking here as well as evaulate
whatever your current backup strategy is. You do regularly back up
your system, right?

P.S. NO registry editor/cleaner is "safe" when improperly used, and
any of them are only one mouse click away from sheer meltdown, so,
as the saying goes in addition to the above, be careful of what you
wish for, you may get it.

Any advice is my attempt to contribute more than I have received but I can only assure you that it works on my PC. GOOD LUCK.

 

[HEMI-Powered]

Today, Larry(LJL269) made these interesting comments ...

JV16 used to be free

I've had mine for years, don't remember how much it cost but it
wasn't that much, and it does have a license number to it. Maybe
it was a shareware fee, I really don't recall, I just know it is
an outstanding piece of software, very safe when used
responsibly, creates backups, and can do the entire gamut of
things one would ordinarily like to do with the Registry.

I've found mean quality of freeware = mean quality of payware
but variance is greater.

Just my 2¢ worth. Larry

I won't argue with you, Larry. When I say be careful of things
free, it is because if it does something you don't like, who do
you go after and what damages can you recover? Also, the nature
of freeware and unwounded shareware is that it is by nature
anything the author may wish to put out there and not the product
of a company who might want to preserve their rep. Now, paying a
bunch of money is hardly proof of good software, in fact, the
free stuff may well be better. It is just that when it comes to
something as valuable as my two PCs, I would rather spend a small
amount now and save a large amount of time, effort, and
frustration later. To each his/her own, though.