Registry Export Not Inserting Into Registry

My exported registry entries, when double clicked simply
open in a text editor window instead of trying to insert into the registry.
I have other .reg files that I downloaded to fix certain things and they
seem to work fine.
Am I doing something wrong?

James

The date and time was 9/12/2008 4:30 PM, and on a whim, JamesJ pounded
out on the keyboard:

> My exported registry entries, when double clicked simply
> open in a text editor window instead of trying to insert into the registry.
> I have other .reg files that I downloaded to fix certain things and they
> seem to work fine.
> Am I doing something wrong?
>
> James
>

Hi James,

If you right click on the file, do you get the Merge option? If not,
set Explorer to show your file extensions. It sounds like the files you
saved might have a .txt extension even though you saved it as a .reg, so
the files may be named like regfix.reg.txt.

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I do get the Merge option.
All files have only a .reg suffex.

James

"Terry R." <> wrote in message
news:...
> The date and time was 9/12/2008 4:30 PM, and on a whim, JamesJ pounded out
> on the keyboard:
>
>> My exported registry entries, when double clicked simply
>> open in a text editor window instead of trying to insert into the
>> registry.
>> I have other .reg files that I downloaded to fix certain things and they
>> seem to work fine.
>> Am I doing something wrong?
>>
>> James
>
> Hi James,
>
> If you right click on the file, do you get the Merge option? If not, set
> Explorer to show your file extensions. It sounds like the files you saved
> might have a .txt extension even though you saved it as a .reg, so the
> files may be named like regfix.reg.txt.
>
> --
> Terry R.
>
> ***Reply Note***
> Anti-spam measures are included in my email address.
> Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply.

The date and time was 9/12/2008 5:12 PM, and on a whim, JamesJ pounded
out on the keyboard:

> I do get the Merge option.
> All files have only a .reg suffex.
>
> James
>
> "Terry R." <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> The date and time was 9/12/2008 4:30 PM, and on a whim, JamesJ pounded out
>> on the keyboard:
>>
>>> My exported registry entries, when double clicked simply
>>> open in a text editor window instead of trying to insert into the
>>> registry.
>>> I have other .reg files that I downloaded to fix certain things and they
>>> seem to work fine.
>>> Am I doing something wrong?
>>>
>>> James
>> Hi James,
>>
>> If you right click on the file, do you get the Merge option? If not, set
>> Explorer to show your file extensions. It sounds like the files you saved
>> might have a .txt extension even though you saved it as a .reg, so the
>> files may be named like regfix.reg.txt.
>>
>

Are you saying "some" will open notepad and "some" will merge? Or do
all of them open in notepad now? If the later, the default action must
have been changed to Edit rather than Merge. Look up REG in File Types
and see.

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It seems the ones I exported open in Notepad. The ones I
downloaded when double clicking I get the Open File
security warning dialog box.
Question: Does Merge imply that the the data will be inserted into the
Registry?

James

"Terry R." <> wrote in message
news:...
> The date and time was 9/12/2008 5:12 PM, and on a whim, JamesJ pounded out
> on the keyboard:
>
>> I do get the Merge option.
>> All files have only a .reg suffex.
>>
>> James
>>
>> "Terry R." <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> The date and time was 9/12/2008 4:30 PM, and on a whim, JamesJ pounded
>>> out on the keyboard:
>>>
>>>> My exported registry entries, when double clicked simply
>>>> open in a text editor window instead of trying to insert into the
>>>> registry.
>>>> I have other .reg files that I downloaded to fix certain things and
>>>> they
>>>> seem to work fine.
>>>> Am I doing something wrong?
>>>>
>>>> James
>>> Hi James,
>>>
>>> If you right click on the file, do you get the Merge option? If not,
>>> set Explorer to show your file extensions. It sounds like the files you
>>> saved might have a .txt extension even though you saved it as a .reg, so
>>> the files may be named like regfix.reg.txt.
>>>
>>
>
> Are you saying "some" will open notepad and "some" will merge? Or do all
> of them open in notepad now? If the later, the default action must have
> been changed to Edit rather than Merge. Look up REG in File Types and
> see.
>
> --
> Terry R.
>
> ***Reply Note***
> Anti-spam measures are included in my email address.
> Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply.

On Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:36:58 -0400, "JamesJ"
<jjy@darwin_roadrunner.com> wrote:

>Question: Does Merge imply that the the data will be inserted into the
>Registry?

No implying about it, it WILL.

Got itt now. Just aren't sure why it doesn't merge when I double click.

James

"Paul Montgomery" <> wrote in message
news:...
> On Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:36:58 -0400, "JamesJ"
> <jjy@darwin_roadrunner.com> wrote:
>
>>Question: Does Merge imply that the the data will be inserted into the
>>Registry?
>
> No implying about it, it WILL.

Open it notepad, is the first line:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

It needs to be. Also, if you are trying to write to protected keys, you will
need to elevate first in order to have sufficient permission to make
changes.

--
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Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"JamesJ" <jjy@darwin_roadrunner.com> wrote in message
news:%...
> Got itt now. Just aren't sure why it doesn't merge when I double click.
>
> James
>
> "Paul Montgomery" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> On Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:36:58 -0400, "JamesJ"
>> <jjy@darwin_roadrunner.com> wrote:
>>
>>>Question: Does Merge imply that the the data will be inserted into the
>>>Registry?
>>
>> No implying about it, it WILL.
>

James,

Press and hold the SHIFT key, right-click one of the exported file, and
click "Copy as Path". The complete path/file name is copied to the
Clipboard. Paste the contents in your reply.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
The Winhelponline Blog http://www.winhelponline.com/blog


"JamesJ" <jjy@darwin_roadrunner.com> wrote in message
news:...
> It seems the ones I exported open in Notepad. The ones I
> downloaded when double clicking I get the Open File
> security warning dialog box.
> Question: Does Merge imply that the the data will be inserted into the
> Registry?
>
> James
>
> "Terry R." <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> The date and time was 9/12/2008 5:12 PM, and on a whim, JamesJ pounded
>> out on the keyboard:
>>
>>> I do get the Merge option.
>>> All files have only a .reg suffex.
>>>
>>> James
>>>
>>> "Terry R." <> wrote in message
>>> news:...
>>>> The date and time was 9/12/2008 4:30 PM, and on a whim, JamesJ pounded
>>>> out on the keyboard:
>>>>
>>>>> My exported registry entries, when double clicked simply
>>>>> open in a text editor window instead of trying to insert into the
>>>>> registry.
>>>>> I have other .reg files that I downloaded to fix certain things and
>>>>> they
>>>>> seem to work fine.
>>>>> Am I doing something wrong?
>>>>>
>>>>> James
>>>> Hi James,
>>>>
>>>> If you right click on the file, do you get the Merge option? If not,
>>>> set Explorer to show your file extensions. It sounds like the files
>>>> you saved might have a .txt extension even though you saved it as a
>>>> .reg, so the files may be named like regfix.reg.txt.
>>>>
>>>
>>
>> Are you saying "some" will open notepad and "some" will merge? Or do all
>> of them open in notepad now? If the later, the default action must have
>> been changed to Edit rather than Merge. Look up REG in File Types and
>> see.
>>
>> --
>> Terry R.
>>
>> ***Reply Note***
>> Anti-spam measures are included in my email address.
>> Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply.
>

"C:\DataFiles\Registry Entries\InstallerEntries.reg"

"Ramesh Srinivasan, MS-MVP" <ramesh@unknownhost> wrote in message
news:%23$...
> James,
>
> Press and hold the SHIFT key, right-click one of the exported file, and
> click "Copy as Path". The complete path/file name is copied to the
> Clipboard. Paste the contents in your reply.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
> The Winhelponline Blog http://www.winhelponline.com/blog
>
>
> "JamesJ" <jjy@darwin_roadrunner.com> wrote in message
> news:...
>> It seems the ones I exported open in Notepad. The ones I
>> downloaded when double clicking I get the Open File
>> security warning dialog box.
>> Question: Does Merge imply that the the data will be inserted into the
>> Registry?
>>
>> James
>>
>> "Terry R." <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> The date and time was 9/12/2008 5:12 PM, and on a whim, JamesJ pounded
>>> out on the keyboard:
>>>
>>>> I do get the Merge option.
>>>> All files have only a .reg suffex.
>>>>
>>>> James
>>>>
>>>> "Terry R." <> wrote in message
>>>> news:...
>>>>> The date and time was 9/12/2008 4:30 PM, and on a whim, JamesJ pounded
>>>>> out on the keyboard:
>>>>>
>>>>>> My exported registry entries, when double clicked simply
>>>>>> open in a text editor window instead of trying to insert into the
>>>>>> registry.
>>>>>> I have other .reg files that I downloaded to fix certain things and
>>>>>> they
>>>>>> seem to work fine.
>>>>>> Am I doing something wrong?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> James
>>>>> Hi James,
>>>>>
>>>>> If you right click on the file, do you get the Merge option? If not,
>>>>> set Explorer to show your file extensions. It sounds like the files
>>>>> you saved might have a .txt extension even though you saved it as a
>>>>> .reg, so the files may be named like regfix.reg.txt.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Are you saying "some" will open notepad and "some" will merge? Or do
>>> all of them open in notepad now? If the later, the default action must
>>> have been changed to Edit rather than Merge. Look up REG in File Types
>>> and see.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Terry R.
>>>
>>> ***Reply Note***
>>> Anti-spam measures are included in my email address.
>>> Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply.
>>
>
>