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[j4str]

I can't open any of the files that I have downloaded from the tutorial pages. In the instruction it states to save to desktop, right click, select merge. I do not have that option in the drop down menu. It asks which program to open it with and I cant find one that will open it. Please help!

 

[Brink]

Hello J4str, and welcome to Vista Forums.

Do they have the .reg file extension on them still, and didn't get renamed by some sort of security program or browser add-on?

If it does, then double check in Default Programs to make sure that the .reg file extension is set to have it's "Current Default" program as Registry Editor (C:\Windows\regedit.exe). Afterwards, see if you have the Merge option available.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

 

[j4str]

Thanks Brink, C:\Windows\regedit.exe was the ticket to opening them. I had to add it to the search portion because it wasn't in the default programs selection. I still do not have the option to merge though!? When I open them the UAC pops up, I select OK them an other widow pops up with registry editor warning, I select OK, Then a new window pops up that the registry value has been added to the registry. After this nothing else pops up.

 

[Brink]

That's normal. You can either open (like you did) or right click on .reg file and click on Merge, to merge the .reg file.

 

[j4str]

So... how do I launch the programs? Do they fix the the settings automatically? By the way I downloaded Reset_Folder_View.reg and vistazip.reg. Do I need to restart my computer for the changes to take effect?

 

[Brink]

A .reg file is not a program, it's just a file that makes changes to your registry that will affect Vista for what the tutorial was for.

I'm assuming that you are using the Reset_Folder_View.reg download in option one of METHOD TWO of the tutorial below. After doing so, you would just need to follow step 8 to do the rest of the steps starting at step 29 to finish.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/70819-windows-explorer-folder-view-settings.html


Could you post the tutorial link for the vistazip.reg file?

 

[Dwarf]

I think it could be this one: http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/93827-zip-file-compressed-folders.html