Question Can’t open most things in Windows anymore, even sound not working ?

[ashtekaros]

Im really sorry for pestering the forum . but through the idiots of portuguese microsoft assistance, i may have really messed up my pc.

the windows assistant gave some "assistance" to mainline users (im not a tech) to mess with the HKEY REGISTRIES

i fear i may have EXCLUDED the user from permissions through the HKEY REGISTRY by mistake .

NO PERMISSION AND NO APP ASSOCIATED . when i click some icons.

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Im ok with a windows and system reinstall now Program reinstallation and all that. DONE BY A TECH STORE, NOT MYSELF.



my concern now is if iits possiblt to SALVAGE THE MEMORY FROM THE HARD DISK.

 

[USAFRet]

how i alert him in order for him avoiding to do that ?

By talking to him?

A competent tech might use a Linux OS, which ignores any "search in windows" thing.

 

[ashtekaros]

By talking to him?

A competent tech might use a Linux OS, which ignores any "search in windows" thing.

Is it possible to avoid the exclusions through Windows instead of Linux ?

Most techs in the city i live generally do not know how to use Linux

 

[USAFRet]

Is it possible to avoid the exclusions through Windows instead of Linux ?

Most techs in the city i live generally do not know how to use Linux

I do not know.
Anything is possible.

I'd have to delve into powershell commands, which would be meaningless to you.

 

[ashtekaros]

But, if the tech guy is doing a search for ".docx" to determine what to copy, and that file type or folder is excluded...he may well miss them.

In the case of my pc, i belive only "Paths" to folders and files were in listed on search exclusions, not file types or types of folders.

will these generally be safely copied to the HDD ?

Will only be able to go to the tech monday anyways.

 

[USAFRet]

In the case of my pc, i belive only "Paths" to folders and files were in listed on search exclusions, not file types or types of folders.

will these generally be safely copied to the HDD ?

Will only be able to go to the tech monday anyways.

The tech person will (hopefully) copy whatever he finds.

Hopefully, that will be everything you need.

 

[ashtekaros]

The tech person will (hopefully) copy whatever he finds.

Hopefully, that will be everything you need.

The HDD copy generally works when the exclusions are just "Paths" or there is a symilar risk that there is with file "types" being excluded ?

 

[USAFRet]

The HDD copy generally works when the exclusions are just "Paths" or there is a symilar risk that there is with file "types" being excluded ?

I have never done any "Search Exclusion" within Windows, so I do not know.
Similarly, we out here have NO idea how your tech person is going to do this.

 

[ashtekaros]

I have never done any "Search Exclusion" within Windows, so I do not know.
Similarly, we out here have NO idea how your tech person is going to do this.

Talking about exclusions on =

"Windows configurations " > Searching on windows > Exluded folders

on "Excluded Folders" (located on" searching on windows") there is a list of excluded folders and their paths. Thats what im talking about.

Asking if these exclusions are relevant on relation when copying one HDD into another

 

[ashtekaros]

I have never done any "Search Exclusion" within Windows, so I do not know.
Similarly, we out here have NO idea how your tech person is going to do this.

These search exclusions (described above) are actually very easily acessed on windows and i believe they are common.

your computer does not have a list of exclusions ? i think windows maybe by default has.

my question is if these impact when copying one HDD into another one.

 

[DSzymborski]

These search exclusions (described above) are actually very easily acessed on windows and i believe they are common.

your computer does not have a list of exclusions ? i think windows maybe by default has.

my question is if these impact when copying one HDD into another one.

And the answer remains no, no matter how many times you ask the same question over and over again in a slightly different fashion. Copying has nothing to do with search exclusion.

As USAFRet has noted, repeatedly, the only impact is if you have done a poor job telling the tech where your important data is stored and the tech tries to find it by doing a search for it. If you don't tell the tech where your data is stored and you've set the search to not search where this data is stored, then the tech may miss it.