I have run into a peculiar situation. I am trying to open regedt32 and
instead regedit opens. I have verified that regedt32 exists in the \system32
folder and regedit exists in the winnt directory. How can I correct this and
access regedt32?

WinXP Pro sp1

brimhj wrote:
> I have run into a peculiar situation. I am trying to open
> regedt32 and instead regedit opens. I have verified that
> regedt32 exists in the \system32 folder and regedit exists
> in the winnt directory. How can I correct this and access
> regedt32?
>
> WinXP Pro sp1

In Windows XP, unlike Windows 2000, regedt32.exe and
regedit.exe launch the same registry editor. The regedt32 you
see in Windows 2000 doesn't exist in Windows XP.

Take a look at this article:

Differences between Regedit.exe and Regedt32.exe
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;141377

Scroll down to the Windows XP section and note this statement:

"In Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, Regedt32.exe is a small
program that just runs Regedit.exe".

Nepatsfan

Well that explains it. That makes regedt32 completely useless. It was a
nice tool.

Thanks.

"Nepatsfan" wrote:

> brimhj wrote:
> > I have run into a peculiar situation. I am trying to open
> > regedt32 and instead regedit opens. I have verified that
> > regedt32 exists in the \system32 folder and regedit exists
> > in the winnt directory. How can I correct this and access
> > regedt32?
> >
> > WinXP Pro sp1
>
> In Windows XP, unlike Windows 2000, regedt32.exe and
> regedit.exe launch the same registry editor. The regedt32 you
> see in Windows 2000 doesn't exist in Windows XP.
>
> Take a look at this article:
>
> Differences between Regedit.exe and Regedt32.exe
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;141377
>
> Scroll down to the Windows XP section and note this statement:
>
> "In Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, Regedt32.exe is a small
> program that just runs Regedit.exe".
>
> Nepatsfan
>
>
>

All of the features of REGEDT32 are incorporated into REGEDIT in Windows XP, if I recall correctly.

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"brimhj" <brimhj@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:55CBEA50-FF92-49D3-B708-0A05BB6EE24B@microsoft.com...
> Well that explains it. That makes regedt32 completely useless. It was a
> nice tool.
>
> Thanks.
>
> "Nepatsfan" wrote:
>
>> brimhj wrote:
>> > I have run into a peculiar situation. I am trying to open
>> > regedt32 and instead regedit opens. I have verified that
>> > regedt32 exists in the \system32 folder and regedit exists
>> > in the winnt directory. How can I correct this and access
>> > regedt32?
>> >
>> > WinXP Pro sp1
>>
>> In Windows XP, unlike Windows 2000, regedt32.exe and
>> regedit.exe launch the same registry editor. The regedt32 you
>> see in Windows 2000 doesn't exist in Windows XP.
>>
>> Take a look at this article:
>>
>> Differences between Regedit.exe and Regedt32.exe
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;141377
>>
>> Scroll down to the Windows XP section and note this statement:
>>
>> "In Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, Regedt32.exe is a small
>> program that just runs Regedit.exe".
>>
>> Nepatsfan
>>
>>
>>