My WordPerfect program has quit working properly and after reinstalling
and checking several times with the WordPerfect newsgroups for advice, I
have received this advice:
It seems clear that your registry hives for Corel are damaged.
You could rename HKCU\Software\Corel to Corel1; and
HKLM\Software\Corel to Corel1. The Corel1 hives are now backup
versions, which can be renamed back again, should this prove
necessary. Then copy the Corel hives for the functional user to HKCU
and HKLM. This should give you working versions.
The "functional user" referred to in the above is a newly-created user
account (Windows XP Home) from which the (same) WordPerfect installation
works properly.
I am hesitant to begin editing the registry until I am certain what I am
doing.
The first part, changing the name, seems simple using regedit.
The second part, about copying the registry from one user account to
another, is not so clear to me. Does each user account have a separate
registry (implied by the advice)? How can I copy and paste into regedit
(there is no entry in regedit's "Edit" menu for doing so)? To copy from
one user account to another means that I have to switch to the old
account after copying from the new one. Does data on the clipboard stay
there when switching user accounts? If I copy and paste the Corel
section of the registry in the new account to WordPad and save as a text
file, can I open this file in the old user account to copy from WordPad
and paste into the registry?
Any other problems that might arise?
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