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When I opened regedit and navigated to that specific key, it had "my
computer as its value. I have tried editing that before and it just changed
it to whatever the last key I used was. If you changed it in xp and it is
now working permanently, what value did you put there?
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Steven Shelton
There are two secrets to success in life
1) Never tell anybody everything you know
"George Hester" <hesterloli@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:erOQx5HcFHA.3808@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;266765
>
> You should be able to keep it forever at My Computer. One way is to
> remove
> the permissions on the key. That may cause an error when closing regedit
> maybe not. Another way is to make sure you close regedit at the My
> Computer. Then go back to this location in the registry (explained in the
> article) and Export the key to a reg file. Then whenever you want to open
> regedit run the reg file first. I suppose to you could write a script
> that
> does this with the Windows Scripting Host. Note even though the article
> mentions Windows ME that is irelevant to what we are trying to accomplish.
> Basically it's the same thing.
>
> I will try removing the permissions and see what happens...yes that works.
> To renable the permissions you just allow the Parent to propagate which
> you
> had to undo to change the permissions. Done in regedt32.
>
> --
> George Hester
> _______________________________
> " Wonderer" <mynewsgrps@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:OWnxBx7bFHA.3032@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> Well, if you happen to recall where to make that change, I would sure
>> like
>> to know.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Steven Shelton
>>
>> There are two secrets to success in life
>> 1) Never tell anybody everything you know
>> "George Hester" <hesterloli@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:utxOmr5bFHA.1200@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> > That's true. And there is a setting for it shouldn't be too hard to
> find.
>> > I don't have it because although I thought of doing that at one time I
>> > realized how I could use the behavior in my favor. Often what happens
> is
>> > I'll make a change in the registry then move on to other things. For
> days
>> > even. Then something comes up and I realize I have to go back to that
>> > location. I have clean forgot where it was. This issue saves my butt.
>> >
>> > --
>> > George Hester
>> > _______________________________
>> > " Wonderer" <mynewsgrps@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> > news:OZNt6J5bFHA.2520@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> >> I do not go messing around in the registry all that much. When I do, I
>> > want
>> >> to do a search starting from the top and if it opens to some key near
> the
>> >> bottom, that is where it starts its search. I prefer the convenience
>> >> of
>> >> starting out fresh everytime, just like it used to be in older
> versions.
>> >> I
>> >> seem to recall that there is a key, somewhere, that you can give a 0
>> >> value
>> >> and it will cause regedit to always open collapsed. That is what I
> want.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >>
>> >> Steven Shelton
>> >>
>> >> There are two secrets to success in life
>> >> 1) Never tell anybody everything you know
>> >> "George Hester" <hesterloli@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:%23Lb2Y83bFHA.2212@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> >> > Why don't you just select the top of the registry then close it? I
> use
>> >> > what
>> >> > you want to stop so that I can get back easily to the location when
>> >> > I
>> > need
>> >> > to.
>> >> >
>> >> > --
>> >> > George Hester
>> >> > _______________________________
>> >> > " Wonderer" <mynewsgrps@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> >> > news:uh43PO1bFHA.2960@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> >> >> I have searched almost 40,000 headers for anything on this and
>> >> >> found
>> >> >> nothing. What I want to know is what change to make in the
>> >> >> registry,
>> >> >> to
>> >> > stop
>> >> >> it from remembering the last key opened, thus resulting in the hive
>> > being
>> >> >> completely collapsed each time I open it.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> --
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Steven Shelton
>> >> >>
>> >> >> There are two secrets to success in life
>> >> >> 1) Never tell anybody everything you know
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>>
>>
>
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