From: "Rich" 

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   REGEDIT doesn't save binary.  You sound like you seeing Unicode =
(UTF-16).  REGEDIT switched to Unicode at some point because it is =
required to support the registry which is Unicode.  The reason the older =
versions of REGEDIT weren't Unicode was that it was a Windows 95 =
component and Windows 95 had an ANSI registry.  REGEDT32 was the Windows =
NT tool.  REGEDT32 was removed when Unicode support and other =
functionality was folded into REGEDIT.

Rich

  "Gary Britt"  wrote
in message =
news:46005ded{at}w3.nls.net...
  It certainly looks like ascii, but I can tell you from personal =
experience=20
  when I view a non-ascii version 5 registry file with the built in file =

  viewer that comes with ZtreeWin it looks exactly like ascii and like =
what=20
  you've shown below.  Fooled me into thinking it was really ascii until =
when=20
  something wasn't working right for me in trying edit or do something =
with=20
  the file, I finally figured out it was really a binary, non-ascii, =
file that=20
  I was viewing.  If it says its version 5 at the top of the file, then =
it=20
  ain't really ascii.  If it says version 4 at the top of the file than =
it=20
  really is ascii (probably ).

  Gary

  Frank Haber wrote:
  > I call this stuff ASCII.  The mounted hives are compressed, and half =

  > this size...
  >=20
  > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
  >=20
  >=20
  > =
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{b4fe65aa-f9e9-4b13-bd79-a9491=
02c5294}\TypeLib]=20
  >=20
  > {at}=3D"{E891EE9A-D0AE-4cb4-8871-F92C0109F18E}"
  >=20
  > =
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{b4fe65aa-f9e9-4b13-bd79-a9491=
02c5294}\VersionIndependentProgID]=20
  >=20
  > {at}=3D"Photoshop.PathPointInfo"
  >=20
  > =
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{B50F5260-0C21-11D2-AB56-00A0C=
9082678}]=20
  >=20
  > {at}=3D"Compress Files Cleaner"
  >=20
  > =
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{B50F5260-0C21-11D2-AB56-00A0C=
9082678}\DefaultIcon]=20
  >=20
  > =
{at}=3Dhex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74=
,00,25,\=20
  >=20
  >  =
00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,44,00,41,0=
0,\=20
  >=20
  >  =
54,00,41,00,43,00,4c,00,45,00,4e,00,2e,00,44,00,4c,00,4c,00,2c,00,32,00,0=
0,\=20
  >=20
  >  00
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   REGEDIT
doesn't save =
binary.  You=20
sound like you seeing Unicode (UTF-16).  REGEDIT switched to = Unicode at=20
some point because it is required to support the registry which is=20
Unicode.  The reason the older versions of REGEDIT weren't Unicode
= was that=20
it was a Windows 95 component and Windows 95 had an ANSI registry.  =

REGEDT32 was the Windows NT tool.  REGEDT32 was removed when = Unicode=20
support and other functionality was folded into REGEDIT.
 
Rich
 

  "Gary Britt" <GaryNOSPAMBritt{at}genera=">mailto:GaryNOSPAMBritt{at}generalcogster.com">GaryNOSPAMBritt{at}genera=
lcogster.com>=20
  wrote in message news:46005ded{at}w3.nls.net...It=
=20
  certainly looks like ascii, but I can tell you from personal =
experience=20
  when I view a non-ascii version 5 registry file with the built in =
file=20
  viewer that comes with ZtreeWin it looks exactly like ascii and =
like what=20
  you've shown below.  Fooled me into thinking it was really =
ascii=20
  until when something wasn't working right for me in trying edit or =
do=20
  something with the file, I finally figured out it was really a =
binary,=20
  non-ascii, file that I was viewing.  If it says its version 5 =
at the=20
  top of the file, then it ain't really ascii.  If it says =
version 4 at=20
  the top of the file than it really is ascii (probably=20
  <g>).GaryFrank
Haber wrote:> I call this =
stuff=20
  ASCII.  The mounted hives are compressed, and half
> this=20
  size...> >
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D> > =
>=20
  =
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{b4fe65aa-f9e9-4b13-bd79-a9491=
02c5294}\TypeLib]=20
  > >
{at}=3D"{E891EE9A-D0AE-4cb4-8871-F92C0109F18E}"> =
>=20
  =
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{b4fe65aa-f9e9-4b13-bd79-a9491=
02c5294}\VersionIndependentProgID]=20
  > >
{at}=3D"Photoshop.PathPointInfo">
>=20
  =
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{B50F5260-0C21-11D2-AB56-00A0C=
9082678}]=20
  > > {at}=3D"Compress Files
Cleaner"> >=20
  =
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{B50F5260-0C21-11D2-AB56-00A0C=
9082678}\DefaultIcon]=20
  > >=20
  =
{at}=3Dhex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74=
,00,25,\=20
  > > =20
  =
00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,44,00,41,0=
0,\=20
  > > =20
  =
54,00,41,00,43,00,4c,00,45,00,4e,00,2e,00,44,00,4c,00,4c,00,2c,00,32,00,0=
0,\=20
  > > 
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