Editing the Registry generally involves navigating down through branches to
a particular key and then modifying an existing value or creating a new key
or value. For instance, this following Registry path:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows
points to the location of the Windows key, which you can get to by expanding
the HKEY_CURRENT_USER branch, then Software, then Microsoft, and then
finally clicking Windows to show its contents on the right.
If you find yourself returning to the same Registry path over
and over, use the Favorites menu to bookmark the item. Better
yet, to view two different Registry locations simultaneously,
start a second instance of Registry Editor by typing
regedit /m in the Start menu Search box and pressing Enter.
Once the key is open, you can modify the contents of a value by doubleclicking
it. See ???The Meat of the Registry: Values,??? later in this chapter, for
the skinny on value types and how to edit them.
You can also rename any key or value just like you??™d rename a file in Windows
Explorer: click twice slowly, right-click and select Rename, or highlight
and press F2. Likewise, you can delete a key or value by highlighting
it and pressing the Del key or by right-clicking it and selecting Delete.
(Note that deleting a key will also delete all the values and subkeys it contains.)
You can??™t drag-drop keys or values here as you can with files
in Windows Explorer. Of course, there??™s very little reason to
move a key or value from one place to another in the Registry,
as the settings are totally location-dependent.
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