In other words, if you did everything right, each option in
Advanced settings should reflect its own current state. Change a setting and
click OK, and the corresponding options are written to the Registry.
To reproduce a setting elsewhere in the Windows interface or the interface
of another application, you??™ll first need to find the respective Registry setting
as described in ???Find the Registry Key That Does...,??? earlier in this
chapter.
Export and Import Data with Registry Patches
Typing in Registry data gets awfully tedious, particularly when the N key
breaks on your keyboard. Thankfully, it??™s not the only way to add keys and
values to the Registry.
Figure 3-9. Settings that appear in the Advanced Folder Options list are configured
in the Registry
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The Registry
A Registry patch is a plain-text file with the .reg filename extension that contains
one or more Registry keys or values. Double-click on a .reg file, and
Windows runs the Registry Editor, which ???applies??? the patch to the Registry,
meaning that its contents are merged with the contents of the Registry.
Patch files are especially handy for backing up small portions of the Registry,
distributing Registry settings to other PCs, and duplicating keys.
For example, say you spend an hour or so customizing the toolbars in a particular
application used by many employees in your office. Since most programs
store their toolbar settings in the Registry, you can use a Registry
patch to not only back up the completed toolbar setup??”and thus save an
hour of reconfiguring should your PC subsequently burst into flames??”but
to quickly copy the toolbar to all the other PCs in your office.
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