M
Michel Merlin
Thanks for the confirmation that my REG file won't change or
delete anything else.
« I did not see your 3rd post (which contained a .REG info)
when I replied »
Given your (implicit) claim about reading "the whole" KB310516,
I didn't think you had missed my post, 6h earlier and only
2 lines above.
« Do you think creating a REG file is a big invention? »
Even if not surprising, it's disturbing to see MS people (staff
or "volunteers") implying that others' authorship (or other
property) could be freely stolen in a case or another (for
instance, when it is not "big").
PS. The dates of the 2 parent messages of 14 Jun (ajocius' Q and
Frank's A) are really the ones that appear in my OE (thread
pane, and messages headers), the error (order inversed) is not
mine.
Paris, Sat 2 Sep 2006 15:58:50 +0200
----- Parent Message (links are clickable) -----
From: "Ramesh, MS-MVP" <[email protected]>
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Message: news://msnews.microsoft.com/[email protected]
Sent: Sat 2 Sep 2006 17:26:21 +0530 (11:56:21 GMT)
Subject: Re: I take it that *MY* reg file won't overwrite or
delete the rest of the KEY
I did not see your 3rd post (which contained a .REG info) when I
replied. Be assured that I did not copy *your* REG file and
present it to you.
Do you think creating a REG file is a big invention?
Yes, no other values will be altered.
--
Regards,
Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
----- Parent Message (links are clickable) -----
From: "Michel Merlin" <[email protected]>
Newsgroup: news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Message: news://msnews.microsoft.com/[email protected]
Sent: Sat 2 Sep 2006 11:36:00 +0200 (09:36:00 GMT)
Subject: I take it that *MY* reg file won't overwrite or delete
the rest of the KEY
I do think I read the article at least as deeply and carefully
as you did (or you would answer unambiguously to my question,
wouldn't you?) And I am sure you did read my own message - since
you are copying the REG file I wrote, that you were unable to
propose before me, without recalling who wrote it, and (except
turning "guid" into "GUID" and adding a blank line) without
changing a single character in it - but without fully and
unambiguously replying to my question.
Once more I see that MS "volunteers", in addition to bringing
little actual help (at least compared to what they usually
tout), can't acknowledge or understand or thank something
brought by someone else - an acute case of NIHS (Not Invented
Here Syndrom).
This reply addresses as well Frank Saunders' message of
07:21:55 GMT. I deeply regret to see here the names of persons
I learnt to appreciate in the past. And happy to see Robear
more helpful this time...
(we all happen to vary in time, good or bad... ;-) )
Paris, Sat 2 Sep 2006 11:36:00 +0200
----- Parent Message (links are clickable) -----
From: "Ramesh, MS-MVP" <[email protected]>
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Message: news://msnews.microsoft.com/O%[email protected]
Sent: Sat 2 Sep 2006 09:31:43 +0530 (04:01:43 GMT)
Subject: Re: I mean a single VALUE, without altering the rest
of the KEY
Michel,
Did you read the whole article? Use this REG file:
- - -
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities\{GUID}\Software\Microsoft\Outlook
Express\5.0]
"Compact Check Count"=dword:00000000
- - -
--
Regards,
Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
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From: "PA Bear" <[email protected]>
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Message: Sent: Fri 1 Sep 2006 18:30:56 -0400 (22:30:56 GMT)
Subject: Re: I mean a single VALUE, without altering the rest
of the KEY
Should I mention?...
OE - Reset Compact Check Count to 0 (Line 367, Left)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
Nah. <w>
----- Previous Message (links are clickable) -----
From: "Michel Merlin" <[email protected]>
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Message: news://msnews.microsoft.com/[email protected]
Sent: Fri 1 Sep 2006 23:53:10 +0200 (21:53:10 GMT)
Subject: Can I simply execute a REG file cleaned down to
a single value?
I mean, I have cleaned the 47KB "OE_No-Compact.reg" file, so its
size and contents are now just 374 bytes and:
--- OE_No-Compact.reg BEG ---
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities\{guid}\Software\Microsoft\Outlook
Express\5.0]
"Compact Check Count"=dword:00000000
--- OE_No-Compact.reg END ---
Can I safely double-click that "OE_No-Compact.reg" file each
time I want to reset the "Compact Check Count" to zero, and
remain sure that this will alter nothing else in the OE key?
Paris, Fri 1 Sep 2006 23:53:10 +0200
----- Parent Message (links are clickable) -----
From: "Michel Merlin" <[email protected]>
Newsgroup: news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Message: news://msnews.microsoft.com/[email protected]
Sent: Fri 1 Sep 2006 23:31:40 +0200 (21:31:40 GMT)
Subject: I mean a single VALUE, without altering the rest
of the KEY
Thanks Ramesh, but this only enables me to reset a whole *key*
(for instance the whole OE key); I would like to reset only the
"Compact Check Count" *value*.
This is what I do:
Start > Run > RegEdit >
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities\{GUID}\
Software\Microsoft\Outlook Express\5.0
The above is the path for the OE *key*; then in the right pane
I highlight the name of the Compact Check Count *value*.
Then "File > Export" and:
C:\My_Apps\Outlook Express\OE_No-Compact.reg"
but that file is 47KB and contains the whole OE key; if I
execute it later, it will obviously overwrite my whole OE key,
which I don't want at all; I want to be able later to overwrite
*only the Compact Check Count value*.
May be I can do that by empying the 47KB file from everything
unless the involved line:
"Compact Check Count"=dword:00000001
but before altering the Registry I would like to be sure, not to
try. Do you know how I do? TIA,
Paris, Fri 1 Sep 2006 23:31:40 +0200
----- Parent Message (links are clickable) -----
From: "Ramesh, MS-MVP" <[email protected]>
Newsgroup: news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Message: news://msnews.microsoft.com/[email protected]
Sent: Fri 1 Sep 2006 23:06:01 +0530 (17:36:01 GMT)
Subject: Re: How to change a single value in Registry with a
simple file?
Michel,
You can modify a single value using a .REG file.
See here:
How to add, modify, or delete registry subkeys and values by
using a registration entries (.reg) file:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310516/
--
Regards,
Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
----- Parent Message (links are clickable) -----
From: "Michel Merlin" <[email protected]>
Newsgroup: news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Message: news://msnews.microsoft.com/[email protected]
Sent: Fri 1 Sep 2006 18:41:25 +0200 (16:41:25 GMT)
Subject: How to change a single value in Registry with a simple
file?
Thanks for this very useful fix.
Maybe you could help me for another one:
In "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities\{GUID}\
Software\Microsoft\Outlook Express\5.0",
I want to reset the "Compact Check Count" to zero, with just
double-clicking a file.
Unfortunately with a REG file I know how to change a whole key,
not a single value. Maybe by just removing al but the said value
in the key? But for acting in Registry, I prefer asking than
trying.
If you could show me how to build the file for "Compact Check
Count", it would greatly help me (for this example and later
ones).
Paris, Fri 1 Sep 2006 18:41:25 +0200
----- Parent Message (links are clickable) -----
From: "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE" <[email protected]>
Newsgroup: news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Message: news://msnews.microsoft.com/%[email protected]
Sent: Wed 14 Jun 2006 20:07:43 -0500 (Thu 15 Jun 01:07:43 GMT)
Subject: Re: XP And My Mouse
Search or Command Prompt opens when double clicking a folder
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/xp_folder_open.htm
--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
Reply in newsgroup
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary
security, deserve neither liberty or security"
----- Parent Message (links are clickable) -----
From: "ajocius" <[email protected]>
Newsgroup: news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Message: news://msnews.microsoft.com/[email protected]
Sent: Wed 14 Jun 2006 20:30:33 -0500 (Thu 15 Jun 01:30:33 GMT)
Subject: XP And My Mouse
Group,
I have XP Home and my mouse act a bit funny. When I
double-click a folder, instead of opening the folder, I get the
Serarch Results box which is what I would use if I wanted to
fine a file or folder. But if I right-click and select Open,
the folder opens. What do I do to correct this. I went to the
Logitech driver and could not find a reasonable setting that
makes this happen. Your thoughts on fixing this problem.
Tony
delete anything else.
« I did not see your 3rd post (which contained a .REG info)
when I replied »
Given your (implicit) claim about reading "the whole" KB310516,
I didn't think you had missed my post, 6h earlier and only
2 lines above.
« Do you think creating a REG file is a big invention? »
Even if not surprising, it's disturbing to see MS people (staff
or "volunteers") implying that others' authorship (or other
property) could be freely stolen in a case or another (for
instance, when it is not "big").
PS. The dates of the 2 parent messages of 14 Jun (ajocius' Q and
Frank's A) are really the ones that appear in my OE (thread
pane, and messages headers), the error (order inversed) is not
mine.
Paris, Sat 2 Sep 2006 15:58:50 +0200
----- Parent Message (links are clickable) -----
From: "Ramesh, MS-MVP" <[email protected]>
Newsgroup: news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Message: news://msnews.microsoft.com/[email protected]
Sent: Sat 2 Sep 2006 17:26:21 +0530 (11:56:21 GMT)
Subject: Re: I take it that *MY* reg file won't overwrite or
delete the rest of the KEY
I did not see your 3rd post (which contained a .REG info) when I
replied. Be assured that I did not copy *your* REG file and
present it to you.
Do you think creating a REG file is a big invention?
Yes, no other values will be altered.
--
Regards,
Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
----- Parent Message (links are clickable) -----
From: "Michel Merlin" <[email protected]>
Newsgroup: news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Message: news://msnews.microsoft.com/[email protected]
Sent: Sat 2 Sep 2006 11:36:00 +0200 (09:36:00 GMT)
Subject: I take it that *MY* reg file won't overwrite or delete
the rest of the KEY
I do think I read the article at least as deeply and carefully
as you did (or you would answer unambiguously to my question,
wouldn't you?) And I am sure you did read my own message - since
you are copying the REG file I wrote, that you were unable to
propose before me, without recalling who wrote it, and (except
turning "guid" into "GUID" and adding a blank line) without
changing a single character in it - but without fully and
unambiguously replying to my question.
Once more I see that MS "volunteers", in addition to bringing
little actual help (at least compared to what they usually
tout), can't acknowledge or understand or thank something
brought by someone else - an acute case of NIHS (Not Invented
Here Syndrom).
This reply addresses as well Frank Saunders' message of
07:21:55 GMT. I deeply regret to see here the names of persons
I learnt to appreciate in the past. And happy to see Robear
more helpful this time...
(we all happen to vary in time, good or bad... ;-) )
Paris, Sat 2 Sep 2006 11:36:00 +0200
----- Parent Message (links are clickable) -----
From: "Ramesh, MS-MVP" <[email protected]>
Newsgroup: news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Message: news://msnews.microsoft.com/O%[email protected]
Sent: Sat 2 Sep 2006 09:31:43 +0530 (04:01:43 GMT)
Subject: Re: I mean a single VALUE, without altering the rest
of the KEY
Michel,
Did you read the whole article? Use this REG file:
- - -
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities\{GUID}\Software\Microsoft\Outlook
Express\5.0]
"Compact Check Count"=dword:00000000
- - -
--
Regards,
Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
----- Previous Message (links are clickable) -----
From: "PA Bear" <[email protected]>
Newsgroup: news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Message: Sent: Fri 1 Sep 2006 18:30:56 -0400 (22:30:56 GMT)
Subject: Re: I mean a single VALUE, without altering the rest
of the KEY
Should I mention?...
OE - Reset Compact Check Count to 0 (Line 367, Left)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
Nah. <w>
----- Previous Message (links are clickable) -----
From: "Michel Merlin" <[email protected]>
Newsgroup: news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Message: news://msnews.microsoft.com/[email protected]
Sent: Fri 1 Sep 2006 23:53:10 +0200 (21:53:10 GMT)
Subject: Can I simply execute a REG file cleaned down to
a single value?
I mean, I have cleaned the 47KB "OE_No-Compact.reg" file, so its
size and contents are now just 374 bytes and:
--- OE_No-Compact.reg BEG ---
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities\{guid}\Software\Microsoft\Outlook
Express\5.0]
"Compact Check Count"=dword:00000000
--- OE_No-Compact.reg END ---
Can I safely double-click that "OE_No-Compact.reg" file each
time I want to reset the "Compact Check Count" to zero, and
remain sure that this will alter nothing else in the OE key?
Paris, Fri 1 Sep 2006 23:53:10 +0200
----- Parent Message (links are clickable) -----
From: "Michel Merlin" <[email protected]>
Newsgroup: news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Message: news://msnews.microsoft.com/[email protected]
Sent: Fri 1 Sep 2006 23:31:40 +0200 (21:31:40 GMT)
Subject: I mean a single VALUE, without altering the rest
of the KEY
Thanks Ramesh, but this only enables me to reset a whole *key*
(for instance the whole OE key); I would like to reset only the
"Compact Check Count" *value*.
This is what I do:
Start > Run > RegEdit >
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities\{GUID}\
Software\Microsoft\Outlook Express\5.0
The above is the path for the OE *key*; then in the right pane
I highlight the name of the Compact Check Count *value*.
Then "File > Export" and:
C:\My_Apps\Outlook Express\OE_No-Compact.reg"
but that file is 47KB and contains the whole OE key; if I
execute it later, it will obviously overwrite my whole OE key,
which I don't want at all; I want to be able later to overwrite
*only the Compact Check Count value*.
May be I can do that by empying the 47KB file from everything
unless the involved line:
"Compact Check Count"=dword:00000001
but before altering the Registry I would like to be sure, not to
try. Do you know how I do? TIA,
Paris, Fri 1 Sep 2006 23:31:40 +0200
----- Parent Message (links are clickable) -----
From: "Ramesh, MS-MVP" <[email protected]>
Newsgroup: news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Message: news://msnews.microsoft.com/[email protected]
Sent: Fri 1 Sep 2006 23:06:01 +0530 (17:36:01 GMT)
Subject: Re: How to change a single value in Registry with a
simple file?
Michel,
You can modify a single value using a .REG file.
See here:
How to add, modify, or delete registry subkeys and values by
using a registration entries (.reg) file:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310516/
--
Regards,
Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
----- Parent Message (links are clickable) -----
From: "Michel Merlin" <[email protected]>
Newsgroup: news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Message: news://msnews.microsoft.com/[email protected]
Sent: Fri 1 Sep 2006 18:41:25 +0200 (16:41:25 GMT)
Subject: How to change a single value in Registry with a simple
file?
Thanks for this very useful fix.
Maybe you could help me for another one:
In "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities\{GUID}\
Software\Microsoft\Outlook Express\5.0",
I want to reset the "Compact Check Count" to zero, with just
double-clicking a file.
Unfortunately with a REG file I know how to change a whole key,
not a single value. Maybe by just removing al but the said value
in the key? But for acting in Registry, I prefer asking than
trying.
If you could show me how to build the file for "Compact Check
Count", it would greatly help me (for this example and later
ones).
Paris, Fri 1 Sep 2006 18:41:25 +0200
----- Parent Message (links are clickable) -----
From: "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE" <[email protected]>
Newsgroup: news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Message: news://msnews.microsoft.com/%[email protected]
Sent: Wed 14 Jun 2006 20:07:43 -0500 (Thu 15 Jun 01:07:43 GMT)
Subject: Re: XP And My Mouse
Search or Command Prompt opens when double clicking a folder
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/xp_folder_open.htm
--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
Reply in newsgroup
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary
security, deserve neither liberty or security"
----- Parent Message (links are clickable) -----
From: "ajocius" <[email protected]>
Newsgroup: news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Message: news://msnews.microsoft.com/[email protected]
Sent: Wed 14 Jun 2006 20:30:33 -0500 (Thu 15 Jun 01:30:33 GMT)
Subject: XP And My Mouse
Group,
I have XP Home and my mouse act a bit funny. When I
double-click a folder, instead of opening the folder, I get the
Serarch Results box which is what I would use if I wanted to
fine a file or folder. But if I right-click and select Open,
the folder opens. What do I do to correct this. I went to the
Logitech driver and could not find a reasonable setting that
makes this happen. Your thoughts on fixing this problem.
Tony