dll" and press Enter. See ???Playing
Video,??? in Chapter 4, for an example of regsvr32 in action.
If a CLSID is found elsewhere (even within another key under HKEY_
CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID), it means that the program that owns the key is
using said component. Delete the reference, and the link is broken. See
Chapters 6 and 8 for some examples.
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The Registry
Search and Replace Registry Data
The Registry Editor has no search-and-replace feature, seemingly with good
reason: a single poorly chosen replace operation could make Windows
inoperable. But there are times when you do need to replace all occurrences
of, say, a folder name like C:\Program Files\My Program with another folder
name like D:\My Folder. Depending on the number of occurrences, such an
operation could take hours.
Registry Agent (part of Creative Element Power Tools, available at http://
www.creativelement.com/powertools) not only gives you a better way to
search the Registry (search results are shown in a list, instead of one at a
time), but supports search-and-replace operations as well. Here??™s how to
move an application from one drive to another without having to reinstall it:
1. Open Registry Agent.
2. Type text to search (e.g., c:\program files\acme), and click Find Now.
3. The results are shown in a list (Figure 3-7) with three columns. The left
column shows the location (key) where the text was found; you can
click it to open the Registry Editor at that location.
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