Re: How do I correct spelling in Company Name?
MEB wrote:
| "PCR" <pcrrcp@netzero.net> wrote in message
| news:OG3$%235uOJHA.3508@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
|| MEB wrote:
|| | Another program which I use regularly is RegSeeker, which also can
|| | check for query strings in files....
|| | A multi-purpose application,,, however not for inexperienced use as
|| | its functions CAN cause issues when misused.
||
|| I've downloaded but never tried that one, due to Registry Detective
|| is so good.
|
| Yeah, used it but found that Regseeker provided more of what I
| wanted in the long run.
Maybe I'll take a look. At 260,096 bytes, it is about 1/3 the size of
Registry Detective. But it's more dangerous, if it is a cleaner too.
||
|| | And an OLD registry seeker/changer was Coa32 from PCMag....
||
|| COA2? I wrote a review of that once. It only does "addresses", but
|| does it extraordinarily well...!...
||
|| http://www.pcmag.com/ 's COA2 will help with this. After you move a
|| file or folder, you may use COA2 to change system references to the
|| new address. It will change references in the current Registry and
|| all .ini's & shortcuts on all drives. Nothing else, however, is
|| changed, including Registry or other zipped backups, Autoexec.bat,
|| Config.sys, or anything. And, there was a reference in Autoexec.bat
|| that I needed to change (for a CD-R/W drive letter). It also will
|| not change references that are binary, but those are generally in
|| MRU lists & will auto-adjust in time.
|
| Right,, not for the problem presented but definately worth a mention
| when discussing registry apps...
OK. That's right. That Neil J. Rubenking is/was a good one.
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|| | "PCR" <pcrrcp@netzero.net> wrote in message
|| | news:e9ETLbhOJHA.1164@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
|| || J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
|| || | In message <uWe1kHVOJHA.2912@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl>, PCR
|| || | <pcrrcp@netzero.net> writes
|| || | []
|| || |>| I don't want to reinstall anything, because everything is set
|| || |>| up just the way I want it [except for spelling]. Is there
|| || |>| some simple way to change the spelling that appears under
|| || |>| 'company name'?
|| || |>
|| || |>Searching the Registry for it is a good idea. My name is in this
|| || |>Registry key...
|| || | []
|| || |>But it is actually in SEVEN Registry keys. That one, two for
|| || |>WinZip, two Network Associates/McAfee, one for Motive, & one for
|| || |>Microsoft Works. [] see! Also, RegEdit's Find is SLOW-- be
|| || |>patient, or take...
|| || |
|| || | There are utilities out there that will let you edit the
|| || | registered owner (how comprehensive they are in finding e. g.
|| || | Office's variant, I do not know). Obviously, they are just
|| || | another bit of software to clog up your system with, and
|| || | presumably they just do the registry change anyway. But you may
|| || | like to try one or two. I'm pretty sure I've seen it as one of
|| || | the functions of a multi-tweak suite - isn't it one of the
|| || | things in TweakUI perhaps?
| deleted
|| || |>http://www.pcmag.com/ 's Registry Detective, which incredibly
|| || |>will find all matches to any search in 10 seconds & put them
|| || |>all to the screen for examination. Take RegEdit+ as well!
|| || |
|| ||
|| || |>
|| || |>Also, my name can be found in...
|| || |>C:\WINDOWS\helpdesk\winrep\Userinfo.txt
|| || |>
|| || |>To find more...
|| || |>(a) "START button, Find, Files or Folders"
|| || |>(b) Enter your name in the "Containing text" field"
|| || |
|| || | Which is under the "Advanced" tab in some versions of Win+F
|| || | (which is my way of doing your (a)).
|| ||
|| || Win+F is nice. I guess those may be Win95 &/or WinME, which I've
|| || never seen. Win98's Advanced tab has type & size boxes only.
|| ||
|| || | (And if you thought Regedit's find was slow, just wait until you
|| || | _do_ do a text find on all files as described above!)
|| ||
|| || Oops, yea, it will go through every file. That's right. Except one
|| || wants to be thorough, one might try "*.txt, *.ini" in the Named
|| || box to get just those file types. Omit the quotes , but include
|| || the comma.
|| || |>| Robert
|| || | J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985
|| || PCR
|| PCR
|| pcrrcp@netzero.net
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| MEB
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Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
Should things get worse after this,
PCR
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