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Seems like a simple question, but how do you edit the registry in Windows 7? regedit seems nowhere to be found. Or at least typing "reg" into the Search box on the start menu yields nothing, even when logged on as system admin. (This may be common with Vista, I don't know, since I skipped straight from XP to Win7).
Or are you forced to do it with command-line reg.exe?
daveh551
Posted 2009-09-02T19:13:27.543
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Typing "reg" and not finding regedit is a symptom of Windows 7's search--it won't find an item based on 3 or fewer characters unless you have found it once already. After you type "regedit" and run, the next time you type "reg", it should find regedit.exe.
C-Pound Guru
Posted 2009-09-02T19:13:27.543
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Type regedit in the search box and hit Enter.
th3dude
Posted 2009-09-02T19:13:27.543
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Typing
regedit
In the search bar and pressing enter brings it up fine for me.
BinaryMisfit
Posted 2009-09-02T19:13:27.543
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2Hey, I was first :) – th3dude – 2009-09-02T19:21:06.607
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Typing "regedit" in the "Run" window works as well.
TFM
Posted 2009-09-02T19:13:27.543
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Insert the installation CD and reboot the system, then go to Setup.
In Setup go to Repair, after that "System recovery options", and select "Command Prompt".
In Command Prompt type the following commands and press Enter after each one:
C: (or whatever partition Windows is installed on)
cd Windows
Regedit
ahoura1
Posted 2009-09-02T19:13:27.543
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The old-school reg.exe command-line registry editor command is no longer available in Windows 7 (though you could try to copy it from an XP installation over and see if it runs).
You had better try to get used to regedit.exe - it's been the GUI-based standard since, oh last century? :)
caliban
Posted 2009-09-02T19:13:27.543
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2Yes, REG.EXE is present in Windows-7. Maybe, caliban got confused because if you run reg from the Start menu, nothing seems to happen because it is a command-line app and has no UI, so it looks like nothing happenes. (Which is no excuse because if it did not give an application not found error, then it does exist. Besides, he clearly knows the difference between a command-line app and a GUI app, so one can only assume that his copy has been delete somehow.) Very curious. And no, regedit and reg are present in Home versions (at least that I’ve seen). – Synetech – 2011-06-30T00:42:46.467
5the reg cli tool is available in win7 – Paxxi – 2009-09-02T20:18:23.153
4reg.exe clearly exists on Windows 7 Professional with the default Windows components installed. Does it not get installed by default on Windows 7 Home Premium or something? Why do people keep upvoting this? – bk1e – 2009-09-03T17:27:50.013
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Click Start > Type regedit in search box and press Enter
then it will display registry window
Misbah Khan
Posted 2009-09-02T19:13:27.543
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1This has already been posted as an answer. – Moses – 2014-04-21T13:29:08.607
It's the Jon Skeet effect. Clearly the person with the higher rep would provide the better answer. :P – EBGreen – 2009-09-02T19:32:36.287
lol, no worries :) – th3dude – 2009-09-02T19:36:55.360