Registry Problem

[its_my_dime]

How do I remove some bad entries from the registry (found using Norton and
CCleaner) when:

The programs won't remove them.

Regedit won't allow changes in those entries, even in safe mode.

In other words, how can I remove lines from the registry "off line" or
otherwise and restore the registry without those bad entries?

Thank you.

 

[Smoker~]

How do I remove some bad entries from the registry (found using Norton and
CCleaner) when:

The programs won't remove them.

Regedit won't allow changes in those entries, even in safe mode.

In other words, how can I remove lines from the registry "off line" or
otherwise and restore the registry without those bad entries?

Be careful. Norton is unreliable. If RegEdit won't let you remove them it
may be a good hint.

 

[beb]

Are you try to this logged in as an admin? If not try again as an admin.
Backup your registry. Go to the key in the registry. Right click on the key
choose permissions from the menu, add the admin to have full control
permission on the key. Try to run the removal program again or remove the
key manually. But first read this and remember that one small mistake to the
registry and your computer will not work.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;316434

 

[its_my_dime]

Are you try to this logged in as an admin? If not try again as an admin.
Backup your registry. Go to the key in the registry. Right click on the
key choose permissions from the menu, add the admin to have full control
permission on the key. Try to run the removal program again or remove the
key manually. But first read this and remember that one small mistake to
the registry and your computer will not work.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;316434

Many, many thanks. It was a "permissions" problem. I gave myself
"permission" to change each entry and deleted it.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Caution
[[Incorrectly editing the registry may severely damage your system. Before
making changes to the registry, you should back up any valued data on your
computer. ]]

To assign permissions to a registry key
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...xp/all/proddocs/en-us/regedit_permit_key.mspx

To assign special access to a registry key
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...ll/proddocs/en-us/regedit_assign_specacc.mspx

To grant Full Control of a registry key
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/.../xp/all/proddocs/en-us/regedit_yield_own.mspx

To add users or groups to the audit list
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...proddocs/en-us/regedit_audit_key_adduser.mspx

To add users or groups to the Permissions list
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...roddocs/en-us/regedit_permit_key_adduser.mspx

To remove a user or group from the Permissions list
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...proddocs/en-us/regedit_permit_key_remove.mspx

To take ownership of a registry key
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/regedit_take_own.mspx

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[Rock]

How do I remove some bad entries from the registry (found using Norton and
CCleaner) when:

The programs won't remove them.

Regedit won't allow changes in those entries, even in safe mode.

In other words, how can I remove lines from the registry "off line" or
otherwise and restore the registry without those bad entries?

Thank you.

Why do you want to remove them? Are you seeing a performance problem
that you can tie to those entries? If not leave them be.

 

[its_my_dime]

Why do you want to remove them? Are you seeing a performance problem that
you can tie to those entries? If not leave them be.

I suppose I'm just one of those people who likes things to work they way
they are supposed to. If Norton and CCleaner both tell me I have invalid
registry keys that they can't delete, I guess I just want them deleted. so
that they don't keep coming up every time I do registry check.

 

[Rock]

I suppose I'm just one of those people who likes things to work they way
they are supposed to. If Norton and CCleaner both tell me I have invalid
registry keys that they can't delete, I guess I just want them deleted. so
that they don't keep coming up every time I do registry check.

That's the point. If things are working fine then there is no need to
delete them. And if the system is not running fine how do you know the
problem is due to these particular entries? Removing something from the
registry, if you don't understand what it is and have the knowledge, can
cause more problems than it ever fixes. "Cleaning" the registry rarely
produces any benefit. And IMO you are better without Norton.