winternals erd commander 2005 Manuel D’Utilisation

User’s Guide

 

Winternals Software

 

 

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ERD Commander 2005 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 three top-level keys in ERD 

Commander 2005 Regedit: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT and 

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and HKEY_USERS. Since there are no users 

actually logged on to the system you are repairing with ERD Commander 

2005, the HKEY_CURRENT_USER key is not populated and the 

HKEY_USERS key is populated by the hives for all users on the system 

which is being repaired. Since ERD Commander 2005 (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 the FAQ 

[Frequently_Asked_Questions] for a description of the correspondence 

between registry hives and the keys that represent them. 

ERD Commander 2005 Regedit understands the following registry value 

types: 

• String 

• Multi-String 

• Expandable 

String 

• Binary