In this case, the value that changed was located in HKEY_
CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\.
If you take a peek in that key, you??™ll find that it contains
other settings, some of which aren??™t included in the Folder
Options dialog box. Experiment with some of the more
interesting-sounding values, such as CascadePrinters and
ShowSuperHidden. Or, search the Web for the value name to
see what others have discovered about it.
* MRU stands for Most Recently Used. Windows stores the most recent filenames typed into file
dialog boxes; from this example, you??™ll notice several references to the filenames you used to save
the Registry snapshots.
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If you don??™t see the line in square brackets, you??™ll have to do a little more
reconnaissance. To find out where the value is located, open one of the
source files (User1.reg, User2.reg, Machine1.reg, or Machine2.reg) and
use your text editor??™s Search tool to find the line highlighted in step 9.
For this example, you??™d search User2.reg for "Hidden"=dword:00000002
and then make note of the line enclosed in square brackets ([...]) most
immediately above the changed line. This represents the key containing
the Hidden value.
Sometimes, changing a setting results in a Registry value (or
key) being created or deleted, which could mean an entire section
may be present in only one of the two snapshots. Depending
on the change, you may have to do a little digging, or
perhaps try the document comparison feature in your favorite
word processor for an easier-to-use comparison summary.
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