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    Angry REGEDIT on XP won't work

    I have a Pentium 4 2.66Ghz with 1.5 Gig of ram, running Windows XP Home edition, with Auditgy Sound card and Geforce 6800 GT video card.

    Here is the problem, I needed to edit a file in my Registery, but when I type "regedit" at the run screen All that happens is a small black screen pops up and off, but doesn't bring any of my registery up at all.


    Anyone help?

    Thank you
    Jerryn9ehp

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    You could try typing command from the run then type regedit
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    Check for viruses and spyware... this is classic behaviour of an infected machine.
    Never, ever approach a computer saying or even thinking "I will just do this quickly."

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    Quote Originally Posted by NooNoo
    Check for viruses and spyware... this is classic behaviour of an infected machine.
    true and in most cases you can verify this by trying regedit in safe mode. if it's virus / spyware sometimes regedit will work in safe mode, but not in normal moe
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    I run Spysweeper & Spybot every day, and I check for Virus's once a week, but when I type in "regedit" on the run it still comes up with a fast black box and goes away with no registery at all.................................HELP!

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    Quote Originally Posted by jerryn9ehp
    I run Spysweeper & Spybot every day, and I check for Virus's once a week, but when I type in "regedit" on the run it still comes up with a fast black box and goes away with no registery at all.................................HELP!
    did you try to run regedit in safe mode?
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    You might try the 32 bit version of Regedit, regedt32.exe

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    its probably the exe redirection .. i don't know if its a malware or virus .. u just can solve it by typing cmd.exe or regedit.exe in the run command

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