On 4/27/07, Robert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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.
Yup. 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)?
Yes, each has their own USER.DAT registry entries. How can I copy and paste into regedit
(there is no entry in regedit's "Edit" menu for doing so)?
What you have to do is Export, then Import. It will get stored in a .reg file. 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?
No. What you will do is: 1. Log in as the user with no WP problems. 2. Start up regedit and navigate to HKCU\Software\Corel 3. With Corel highlighted, choose Export and pick a different folder (your other user may not have access to this users stuff) and save it as something like GoodCorelHKCU.reg 4. Do the same with HKLM... 5. Log in as the user with problems. 6. Start Regedit. 7. Import both .reg files. You should now be OK Any other problems that might arise?
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