1. Re: Win32Lib 0.45n: and windows explorer
I believe there is a registry compare utility on ZDNET that is free or
shareware that will allow you to difference the registry from a start point.
There are a thousand and one registry settings that either control just
windows explorer or influence it's appearance or function. Most are
undocumented. For a while, I lost the extensions on my file names
even though I have all the proper settings in folder options. Then, as
mysteriously as they disappeared, they reappeared. Agh! The only way
I have been able to track anything like this is to temporarily set all the
normal things that start up off using a free program called StartCop( also
available on ZDNET as one of their free utilities). Then, I reboot, take a
backup of the registry, and then do my worst to cause whatever trouble
that I am seeking. If I succeed, I take another backup of the registry, and
compare the two. Sometimes this can be quite revealing. Sometimes it
is just frustrating.
I tried for a while to use a registry change logger, and that was just
overwhelming. Too blankety-blank many things get changed in the
registry to even begin to filter out anything that you are really interested
in. Most of those changes are not permanent or are limited to areas that
you can ignore when looking at a difference report. When you are looking
at a log, they are all mixed together and the log is usually maaaaaany
pages long.
Just a few thoughts for a possible tracking of this frustration.
Everett L.(Rett) Williams
rett at gvtc.com
