Registry Duplicates?

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I have noticed that in the registry, under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, I have
literally hundreds and hundreds of entries that are in the form of:

eg1 - 'AppManager' and then one immediately underneath it as 'AppManager.1'
eg2 - 'AMOVIE.ActiveMovie Control' and then one immediately underneath it as
AMOVIE.ActiveMovie.2'
eg3 - AMtoolbar.AMtoolbar and then one immediately underneath it as
AMtoolbar.AMToolbar.1

They seem to have the same data withing the key. Is it OK to delete the keys
with the *.1 or *.2 as they have the same data and hence make the registry a
lot smaller?

Any help much appreciated.

Regards

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Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsnt.registry (More info?)

I would leave it alone. Why are you even digging around in there? ARe you
having a problem?

--
Scott Harding
MCSE, MCSA, A+, Network+
Microsoft MVP - Windows NT Server

"NoWaySpammers" <davecrispy@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I have noticed that in the registry, under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, I have
> literally hundreds and hundreds of entries that are in the form of:
>
> eg1 - 'AppManager' and then one immediately underneath it as
'AppManager.1'
> eg2 - 'AMOVIE.ActiveMovie Control' and then one immediately underneath it
as
> AMOVIE.ActiveMovie.2'
> eg3 - AMtoolbar.AMtoolbar and then one immediately underneath it as
> AMtoolbar.AMToolbar.1
>
> They seem to have the same data withing the key. Is it OK to delete the
keys
> with the *.1 or *.2 as they have the same data and hence make the registry
a
> lot smaller?
>
> Any help much appreciated.
>
> Regards
>
>

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