Vista - Registry Entry files will only open with notepad

Went here and tried all the suggestions but the last one:

Listed under "Registry Export Not Inserting Into Registry" dated 9/12/08.

I need help with this - have tried all the suggestions here with the same results as James.
I got as far as "Open Regedit.exe, from the File menu, choose Import and select the REG association fix."
and cannot figure out how to do this.

It's suggesting that if you have a .REG file on your machine that you open
REGEDIT.EXE (Windows key + R, type regedit.exe and hit Enter), click on the
File Menu and select Import, then browse to the .REG file you're trying to
use.

I'm wondering if your Explorer is set to hide the file extensions of known
filetypes and you actually have something like filename.reg.txt. To verify
this open My Computer, click on Tools -> Folder Options. Click on the View
tab and see if "Hide extensions for known file types" is checked. If it is,
try unchecking it and then look at your registry entry file again and see if
it still ends with .reg.


"DeWitch" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
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Hi Joe
The file is listed with .reg on the end.
When I try anything with it, merge, double click, it will only open with notepad.
This way that you told me got the values to enter but what I wanted to do still does not work - I guess it is a HISSta problem.
Is there anyway I can get the .reg files to open like they used to in XP which I miss very much?
Thank you so much for your help.

Your registry settings for reg files are bad. Create then import this
registry file to repair it.

1. Copy below and paste into Notepad.

----------copy inside only----------
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.reg]
@="regfile"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\regfile]
@="Registry File"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\regfile\DefaultIcon]
@=hex(2):25,00,57,00,69,00,6e,00,44,00,69,00,72,00,25,00,5c,00,72,\
00,65,00,67,00,65,00,64,00,69,00,74,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,2c,00,31,00,\
00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\regfile\shell]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\regfile\shell\edit]
@="Edit"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\regfile\shell\edit\command]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
00,5c,00,4e,00,4f,00,54,00,45,00,50,00,41,00,44,00,2e,00,45,00,58,00,45,00,\
20,00,22,00,25,00,31,00,22,00,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\regfile\shell\open]
@="Mer&ge"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\regfile\shell\open\command]
@=hex(2):25,00,57,00,69,00,6e,00,44,00,69,00,72,00,25,00,5c,00,72,\
00,65,00,67,00,65,00,64,00,69,00,74,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,20,00,22,00,\
25,00,31,00,22,00,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\regfile\shell\print]
@="Print"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\regfile\shell\print\command]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
00,5c,00,4e,00,4f,00,54,00,45,00,50,00,41,00,44,00,2e,00,45,00,58,00,45,00,\
20,00,2f,00,70,00,20,00,22,00,25,00,31,00,22,00,00,00

----------copy inside only----------

2. Save-as RegFix.reg (or any name + .reg)

3. Import into the registry.


ju.c


"DeWitch" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message news:4658707a70bb8641301b25f12d8aaba4@xxxxxx-gateway.com...

Thank you very much Ju C.

You're welcome, but does that mean your problem is solved?


ju.c


"DeWitch" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message news:00b9ab4a7511466e3f96ea4a608a85f8@xxxxxx-gateway.com...

Did that and another fix that had to be imported and now I can double click the .reg files and they automatically go into the registry
Now if I can find someone who can tell me why I can't view .swf files and how to fix that, I should be set for a while until the next "can't do" in HISSta pops up

SWF files are Adobe Flash media files viewable in Internet Explorer
after installing the Adobe Flash Player. You can right-click one of
these links and choose to "save-as" then download it.

Adobe Flash Player 3 MB
http://fpdownload.adobe.com/get/flas...0_active_x.msi
http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get...0_active_x.msi

Adobe Flash Player Uninstaller 205 KB
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/f...ash_player.exe


ju.c


"DeWitch" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message news:77a3068ce08bfaecdf8bd173779836a1@xxxxxx-gateway.com...

Ju.c

Don't you have to be logged in to get those redistributables. No everyone is
like you or I & wanting to get a distribution licence

--
SPAMCOP User

"ju.c" <bibidybubidyboop@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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I tried this and I still cannot view swf online and also I am so tired of going to a page and having a popup tell me that I need to give it permisson to continue - it happens on every page that uses it - even in ads.
Any idea why that is happening to me?
I cannot find anything in the internet options that might fix it.