Copyright: Registry Commander help by Anders Jakobsen. Made   Friday, April 19, 2002 18:49:21


Help Contents
Help Contents:

Aezay Registry Commander v1.01

Released: Friday, April 19, 2002.

[Introduction]

This is the 2nd version released.

This help file will try to help you use Registry Commander, which I see as a replacement for the low level functioned Registry Editor that comes with windows (REGEDIT.EXE). It will also try to answer some of the questions you might have about it.

If you just updated Registry Commander to a newer version, you might want to check out the new features and error that has been fixed in this or previous releases on The History of Registry Commander page. This will also help you learn some of the things that Registry Commander can do which aren't explained elsewhere, but for a more simple and less technical list see the features page.

If you have some questions about Registry Commander you should see the Credits, FAQ and Bug List, here you can also see who helped me in the creation of this tool, plus the currently known errors in this application.

I started to create Registry Commander because I saw a lot of other replacements for the windows registry editor available on the Internet, but all of them really didn't change how it worked, they still had a window to the left with the keys and window to the right with the values! Registry Commander changes all of this by putting all the keys and values in the same window, discarding the key tree to the left, which I can see no use of. This is also why I use Windows Commander (www.wincmd.com) instead of Explorer as a file browser (can you guess why I called it Registry Commander?).

[License Agreement]

- BY INSTALLING AND/OR USING THIS APPLICATION, YOU AGREE NOT TO HELD THE AUTHOR RESPONSIBLE, IF ANY DAMAGE IS DONE TO YOUR FILES AND/OR COMPUTER, AS A RESULT OF USING THIS APPLICATION!

- IN OTHER WORDS, YOU RUN THIS APPLICATION AT YOUR OWN RISK!

- THIS APPLICATION EDITS A VITAL PART OF WINDOWS, NAMELY THE REGISTRY!
ANY ERRORS DONE IN THE REGISTRY CAN COURSE YOUR SYSTEM TO FAIL, SO IF YOU DO NOT DARE TO RUN THIS RISK, DO NOT USE THIS APPLICATION!

- IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THIS STATEMENT OR YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND IT, YOU MUST UNINSTALL THIS APPLICATION NOW!


Registry Commander Topics:

Help Contents
Registry Commander Shortcuts
Credits, FAQ and Bug List
The History of Registry Commander
Features in Registry Commander

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Registry Commander Shortcuts
Registry Commander Shortcuts:

Page Information
If any of these shortcuts are in conflict with other shortcuts, or some of them don't work, please tell me so.

File menu
Ctrl+R	Read the current key again

Ctrl+T	Open the Key Tree
Alt+Q	Close Registry Commander

Control menu
Ctrl+F	Search Dialog

F5	Bookmarks

F6	Search Results

F8	Copied Items

Ctrl+<	Jump to Root

Ctrl+G	Jump to Specific Path

Options menu
F2	Configuration Dialog

Help menu
Shift+F1	This neat help file

F1	Show About Box

Right-Click menu
F7	New Key

Shift+F4	New Value

Ctrl+F4	Change Value Data Type

F4	Edit Value

Ctrl+E	Export Key to .REG file

Shift+F6	Rename Key or Value

Ctrl+B	Bookmark Key or Value

Ctrl+X	Cut Key or Value

Ctrl+C	Copy Key or Value

Ctrl+V	Paste Key or Value

Ctrl+A	Select all Keys and Values

Num *	Invert Selection

Ins	Select next Key or Value

Other Shortcuts
Alt+F1	Registry Roots List

Ctrl+1	Jump to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT

Ctrl+2	Jump to HKEY_CURRENT_USER

Ctrl+3	Jump to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

Ctrl+4	Jump to HKEY_USERS

Ctrl+5	Jump to HKEY_PERFORMANCE_DATA

Ctrl+6	Jump to HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG

Ctrl+7	Jump to HKEY_DYN_DATA


The History of Registry Commander
The History of Registry Commander:

Registry Commander v1.01 - build 1412 - 02/04/15

- Eliminated an access violence that could occur when you jumped to a non-existing key and RegCmd automatically jumped back to the root.

- Added a dialog that shows a key tree of the entire database, rather slow though.

- When you delete keys and/or values it will try to select the nearest key or value that wasn't deleted, instead of selecting the first item.

- Made it possible to create a new string value with no name (the default value), if you did that before RegCmd said that a value with that name already existed! But because Windows always says that the default value exists, even though it doesn't, it no longer checks if it exists, and it could be overwritten, so be careful when adding a default value!

- You can now export a key out to a .reg file, just like in Regedit. There are some limitations and the function is rather slow.

- RegCmd should try to close more key handles, but it still has some flaws in that area!

- Added help file "RegCmd.hlp" for better explanations.

- Fixed an error where you couldn't delete a key on Windows 2k/XP if it had subkeys (hopefully, I don't have Win2k to test it).

- When writing MultiString values, it will no longer append an extra line.

- Could only load data from an external file if you edited a binary value, not an unsupported type that is edited like binaries.

- When searching, I fixed an error that would ignore that you have unchecked the key word filter option, meaning that it acted like it was checked at all times.

- When cutting keys/values they get blurred out like in explorer.

- The bookmark lister will make sure the selected item is always visible.

Registry Commander v1.0 - build 1141 - 02/02/02

- This is the first version, more functions are to come!


Credits, FAQ and Bug List
Credits, FAQ and Bug List:

[Credits]

Anders Jakobsen - anders_jakobsen@hotmail.com - www.aezay.dk

The programmer of this application, the one to write bug reports to.
Aagade 36
9620 Aalestrup
Denmark

[Frequently Asked Questions]

Have you made other programs?
Yes, but most of them are a lot smaller than this application. Check the list of all the application I've made, if you want to see more, take a visit at www.aezay.dk!

W'right Pad	Enhanced Notepad with more functions.

LAN File Searcher	Search through the local network for files!

Registry Commander	Enhanced registry editor!

File Formats	Read header info for a lot of file types!
VCD Database	Database application to Video CD's.
Nifty Worker	Shortcut handler to execute files and more.

SplitMania	An advanced file splitter.

PC Speaker Music	Write music for the PC Speaker!

Computer Info	Get information about your computer.

hWnd Monitor	HWND Debugging tool.

Worm	Classic game, known as Nibble or Snake!

[Currently Known Bugs]

- I've heard from some users that there is a problem about Registry Commander doesn't close all registry key handles, but I don't know how to access information on how many key handles that are opened on ones computer. Anyway, I don't find this to slow the computer or Windows, so it's properly not that big a problem.

- Since this is one of the first versions there might be some bugs within the code, so if you find any please help exterminate them, tell me of their presence!

[Limitation List]

- You can't copy or move a key from one registry root to another, support for this will be added later.

- When you edit binary values, you'll see that the editor for this isn't as good as other registry editor applications (not really a limitation).


Features in Registry Commander
Features in Registry Commander:

Page Information
This page shows the main features in Registry Commander.

Features in Registry Commander v1.01

- Supports all registry data types in the registry.

- Copy/Move entire keys from one key to another.

- Able to change a value's data type. E.g. you can change a string into a binary value.

- Search part of or the entire registry database, not only can you search by a keyword, but you can also search by size or data type.

- Registry Commander allows you to bookmark keys or values so you can access the quickly.

- Cut/Copy values from one key and paste them into another.