How Do I Open And Edit The Windows Registry

Do you familiar with windows registry???if not than today i promise to all of you that after reading this article you learn alot about windows registry!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

To open the Windows Registry follow the below steps.................

1. Click Start
2. In the Start Menu either in the Run Box or Search box type regedit and press Enter.
3. If prompted by User Account Control, click Yes to open the Registry Editor.
4. Once opened successfully you should be in the Windows Registry Editor Window, similar to the example shown below.

How to browse the Windows Registry:-

When most users need to edit their Registry they're given the location or path of where the Registry value is contained and what to change. In the below example, is an example path of a commonly accessed Registry subkey. To browse to this location you first start by opening the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE key (folder). Once in this key you should see the SOFTWARE folder and within this key contains the remainder keys listed below.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Once in the above path you'll have a window similar to the below example. In the below example, you can see four different string value keys, which in this case are pointing to each of the programs Windows runs each time this computer starts.

How to edit a Windows Registry value:-

To edit a value, double-click the name of the value you wish to edit. For example, if we were to double-click the 'IntelliPoint' Name a new window would appear that would allow us to change the value of the Data. In this example, we could change the location of where the file is located for the IntelliPoint driver.

How do I delete a Windows Registry value:-

To delete a value highlight any Registry Name and then press the delete key on the keyboard. For example, if we did not want the IntelliPoint to load each time Windows starts we could highlight IntelliPoint and then press the delete key.

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