re: Registry changes
Tuesday, December 19, 2006 at 4:31 am
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Bob
(9 messages posted)
Thanks again. From what I can tell my PC does not seem to act any different whichever
entries I allow. I have not changed the registry myself. Any changes are done by
Adware or System mechanic. Again, I had a typo with notepad.exe %1. I do not get
any windows error messages. I only get messages from the above two spyware programs.
If I had to choose which two changes to live with, should I choose notepad.exe %1
or regedit.exe "%1" and "%1"/s? These always indicate two changes. Notepad.exe %1
twice matched with regedit.exe "%l and "%1"/s. Obviously, if I do not choose, the
two programs will continue to offer opposing suggestions and Spybot will ask me to
allow or deny.
On Sunday, December 17, 2006 at 1:06 pm, Ed wrote:
>Bob,
>
>Can we take a different approach to the problem: what computer malfunction are you
>experiencing?
>
>If your PC is in fact working fine, the "error" report you are getting is not something
>to be worried about. If you make a change in your Registry you could land up with
>an actual problem, so perhaps you shouldn't take any action as that might make matters
>worse.
>
>If, however, your PC has a actual malfunction, if you tell us what it is that will
>help us in diagnosing what is wrong in your registry.
>
>I can tell you what's wrong with the entry that you've quoted. The entry notepad.exe%1
>will cause a fault every time, because there must be a space between the file name
>and the % sign. The correct entry is:
>
>notepad.exe "%1"
>
>You can use REGEDIT.EXE to search in your registry for incorrect data in the form
>notepad.exe%1 and then manually you can correct the entries it finds, so that they
>read as I've indicated above.
>
>The registry keys relate to three-character file type extensions (eg .txt or .doc
>or .mp3 etc), and the registry entries hold information as to what action must be
>taken by Windows 98 when you click on a file of that type.
>
>The answer to your question, therefore, is that the form of the command that needs
>to be recorded in the registry is determined by the type of file that the system
>has to process. So if you tell us which file type is faulty we'll tell you what
to
>do to correct that.
>
>There are hundreds of file types. It's essential to know what type you want to fix
>in order to identify what the fix must be.
>
>Ed
>
>
>
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- re: Registry changes (Ed: Sunday, December 17, 2006 at 1:06 pm)
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