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Artie734
07-01-2002, 04:36 PM
Ok, I was installing a trail version of a Cakewalk recording program named Guitar Tracks 2. The installation got to the very end and then a window popped up saying that it could not find a Windows program named "regedit" and it needed that program for it to work so that installation failed. Someone please tell me what regedit is and help me get it back! I tried the trail version before on another computer and it worked fine. Help me.........
Nana
07-01-2002, 06:18 PM
Artie734,

The programme regedit.exe is the access point to the Windows Registry - the backbone of your OS. It is likely located in C:\Windows. I am only telling you what regedit.exe is.

<font color=red>WAIT!</font color=red>

Don't do anything with or to regedit.exe until you get a complete answer from a more learned person here. Playing around with it can make your whole system inoperable!

Nana /images/forums/icons/smile.gif
Paul S
07-01-2002, 06:31 PM
Here is a good starting point for the registry:

Windows Registry Tutorial</font color=blue> (http://www.winguides.com/registry/article.php?id=1><font)
Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry</font color=blue> (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q256986><font)

Hope these help,

<font color=green>Paul</font color=green>
Paul S
07-01-2002, 06:37 PM
You can download regedit.exe from here</font color=blue> (http://www.users.dircon.co.uk/~flibble/regsmall.html><font).

Read the warnings and take note of Nana's advice.

Regards,

Paul</font color=green><P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by paul38 on 07/01/02 12:38.</P>
Andy-S
07-01-2002, 08:17 PM
If regedit is missing then I would recommend a virus scan of the system.

Cheers
Andy
Artie734
07-01-2002, 10:09 PM
I just did a full system scan and no viruses showed up.
Andy-S
07-01-2002, 11:59 PM
Do a search on your hard drive for regedit.exe. As Nana posted it should be in the C:\windows directory. If you find it in any folder other than C:\windows then copy it to C:\windows. If it is not found then download it from the link provided by Paul and store it in C:\windows.

Cheers
Andy