by qbv8 » Fri, 09Jul03 23:16
Hi roberttx
Fumbling in the registry is a risky thing to do, as you can destroy a lot if not done right. In this case I suggest:
[*]1. Pay very much attention to spell everything correctly. Spaces are significant as is the backslash (not a slash like /).
[*]2. Open your registry editor, and mark on the left side the top most node (Probably it says 'My Computer').
[*]3. Search for the next occurrence of the pattern G:Program Files
[*]4. Somewhere (possibly in the status line at the bottom of the registry editor) you see the path of this occurrence. It can look like My ComputerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWARE..... Write this into a file, and add to it what you see on the right side, e.g. the Name, the type and the data, for example Name=ATICCC, Type=REG_SZ, Data="G:Program Filesfooar" -exec blah. Now go to Step 3. above and repeat this procedure until you have searched the whole registry.
[*]5. Reply to this thread and paste into your post every occurrence of this string that you have encountered.
Then I suggest that some knowledgeable person here in the lagoon can tell you exactly which occurrence you should change in what way.
It is very likely that the string that you search can be found in different contexts, and it is important to change the correct entry, otherwise either nothing happens, or you might have destroyed the installation of something else.
Hope this helps for the beginning. As long as you do not alter the content of the registry, but just search for patterns, nothing can be destroyed, so this procedure is without any danger of damaging something.
Good luck, and see you later here.