winternals erd commander 2003 User Manual

User’s Guide

 

ERD Commander 2003 Regedit is similar to the Windows XP Regedit utility, 

but enables you to edit the Registry of the system you are repairing. Unlike 

with Windows Regedit, you will only see two top-level keys in ERD 

Commander 2003 Regedit: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT and 

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. This is because there are no users actually 

logged on to the system you are repairing with ERD Commander 2003, 

obviating the need for the HKEY_USERS and HKEY_CURRENT_USER root 

keys. Since ERD Commander 2003 (not the system) is booted, there is no 

current hardware configuration loaded, obviating the need for 

HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG (the root key that links to the part of the Registry 

representing the active hardware profile) and there is no HARDWARE subkey 

under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, since the system creates the HARDWARE 

key for an installation when it boots. 

If any of the Registry hives (the files that store Registry data) of the system 

that you are repairing are missing or corrupt one or more subkeys under 

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE will not be available. See Chapter 4, Frequently 

Asked Questions, for a description of the correspondence between Registry 

hives and the keys that represent them. 

ERD Commander 2003 Regedit understands the following Registry value 

types: 

String 

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Multi-String 

Expandable String 

Binary 

DWORD 

Like the Windows Regedit, ERD Commander 2003 Regedit supports Registry 

key import and export, allowing you to save Registry key information to a text 

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