Adding Registry Entry Question

sure you can, on the second PC some where along the line somebody changed the hander for .reg extensions to word pad all we need to do is change it back

in your registry navigate to this key:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.reg\PersistentHandler

when you look in the right pan you should see word-pad.exe listed.

change that value to this:

{5e941d80-bf96-11cd-b579-08002b30bfeb}

the whole thing including brackets so it looks like this:


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now before you go running and messing with your registry few things to remember/do

1.never mess with the registry without backing up first so first thing you do is save a copy of your entire registry then you go to edit

2. to edit the registry you need admin rights so make sure you got an admin account.

this change we are making in the registry is no big deal at all and has nothing to do with how your OS runs so don't be worried or nothing but you still need to back up registry.

if you don't' know how to navigate in the registry just let me know and I will show you, its real easy

good luck

fair enought then its the other one, what do you see in this key?

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\regfile\shell\open\command

wordpad.exe or regedit.exe?

so its notepad opening it.

ok we need this key to say this instead:

regedit.exe "%1"

just make sure you are in open key in the:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\regfile\shell\open\command

if you are in the right place, then put the rededit.exe from above and copy the whole thing exactly as it is, so it looks like this:


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np its been a pleasure good luck