Regedit tree

[jpChris]

Hi,

I used the "regedit stays expanded" tweak and it works fine. However, what I REALLY wanted was the regedit screen to be maximized and the tree collapsed. The tweak gave me half of what I wanted.

With W98, when you exited the registry and went back, the tree on the left side was collapsed. In WXP when you exit the registry and re-enter it's opened where you left off.

Any ideas on how to have the screen maximized and the tree on the left collapsed?

THX,
Chris

[NBR]

well i know exactly what ya mean but i have not looked into this problem before cause it really never bothered me

[OIIIIIO]

I know what you mean and yes, it is highly annoying. the Favorites is a cool idea if you have to go right back to the same spot, but I hate being stuck somewhere in the middle of HKCR\.\.\.\some\key\I\dont\need\at\this\time when I first open regedit. Luckily, I have the fix for you though. It looks lengthy, but's just detailed.

[list=1][*]Open regedit and set the display the way that you want it (completely collapsed)..[*]Close regedit[*]Re-open regedit and navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Applets\Regedit[*]Right-click on the key and choose permissions.[*]Click the Advanced button.[*]Uncheck Inherit from parent the permission entries... checkbox.[*]Click Copy to keep all existing user accounts.[*]Click OK.[*]Now remove Full Control from all the user accounts listed (Administrator, username, RESTRICTED, SYSTEM. yes, including your own).[*]Click OK[/list=1]


Now no one including yourself may save the window layout. This is reversible by re-adding the permissions.

[Grendel]

Thanks OIIIIIO, was looking for similair information this week.