0 version number that will
choke the older Registry Editor. To use a Vista-created .reg file in Windows
9x/Me, you??™ll need to deal with both of these issues.
First, replace the Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 header line with
REGEDIT4. Whew, that was hard.
Next, to convert the Unicode .reg file into an ASCII-encoded file, those earlier
versions of Windows can understand, open the file in Notepad. Then, from
the Notepad??™s File menu, select Save As and choose a new filename, and from
the little Encoding drop-down listbox at the bottom of the window, select
ANSI. Click Save, and your patch is now backward-compatible.
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The Registry
You can go ahead and make changes to anything in the Registry patch file as
long as you keep the format intact. Of course, those changes won??™t take
effect in the Registry until the Registry patch is merged back into the Registry,
a process described in the next section.
So, why would you want to edit a Registry patch file? Modifying a large
number of Registry values often turns out to be much easier with a text editor
than with the Registry Editor, since you don??™t have to open??”and then
close??”each individual value.
It may be tempting to perform a quick search and replace in
the text editor, and then apply your changes back to the Registry.
But be careful, as the effect may not be what you
expected. If you replace any text in the name of a value (to
the left of the equals sign) or even the name of a key (the
lines in brackets), Registry Editor will create new values and
keys with those names when you apply the patch, leaving the
old values and keys intact.
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