A .reg file is a script that does the same as you can do manually in
Regedit.
It has some advantages, e.g. you can repeat a change on more that one
machine without typing again or you can give someone else a .reg file
to save them the work (and possible error)
You can see the format of a .reg file if you export a key in Regedit
and save as either a Registration file (*.reg) or a Win9x/NT
Registration file (*.reg).
The latter gives the REGEDIT4 format (which I normally use) and the
former gives the Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 format.
....Alan
--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer
http://dts-l.org/index.htm
On Sat, 8 Dec 2007 12:26:04 -0800, in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, "< < Rino > >" <noemail@email.com>
wrote:
>Hi Alan, or NoSpam, et al,
>Please clarify what is a .reg file and what is the different with regedit command?
>I went for regedit and type-in to the location I want. Is there a new way to do it?
>
>-Rino
>
>
>"Alan Edwards" <edwards@southcom.com.au> wrote in message news:03fkl3hafufdfch5n1bhbgi8uvpqqms99c@4ax.com...
>> With respect...
>>
>> Please put a blank line at the end of your .reg file or it may be
>> ignored.s on a <CR><LF> pair (i.e. a blank line) at the end of a .reg
>> file.
>>
>> ...Alan
>> --
>> Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer
>> http://dts-l.org/index.htm
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 07 Dec 2007 20:46:45 -0800, in
>> microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, nospam <not@here.either> wrote:
>>
>> >"< < Rino > >" <noemail@email.com> wrote in
>> >news:u5FxekSOIHA.3516@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl:
>> >
>> >> Hi,
>> >> Any way to move my Favorites folder to my D: drive and still remained
>> >> active for more bookmarks?
>> >>
>> >> TIA,
>> >> -Rino
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >Merge in the .reg file below
>> >Change "D:\\Favorites" to match where you want them,
>> > and move your current favorites to that place
>> >Note the doubling of the backslashes in the path specifications
>> >(watch out for wrapping
>> > - the [ and ] are at the beginning and end of one line)
>> >
>> >--------------------------------------------------------------
>> >REGEDIT4
>> >
>> >[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
>> >\Shell Folders]
>> >"Favorites"="D:\\Favorites"
>> >
>> >[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
>> >\User Shell Folders]
>> >"Favorites"="D:\\Favorites"
>> >--------------------------------------------------------------
>