From: Chris 

I think it is XP where the change to regedt32 happened because I seem to
remember in 2000 that it would bring up the different view of the registry
editor that had permissions, et al to deal with.

/Chris

Rich wrote:
>    REGEDT32 is gone from current releases of Windows.  It is just a stub
> that invokes REGEDIT.  I think it was Windows 2000 where this happened
> though it could have been Windows XP.  I'm leaning toward Windows 2000.
>
>    I've not used a third party tool.  There are command line tools that
> are sometimes more useful.  REG.EXE is in Windows XP and latter.  REGINI
> and REGDMP are formerly internal tools.  REGINI is included in Windows
> now.  REGDMP may be in the DDK.  I use it because its older and I'm
> accustomed to it.  REG provides the same or similar functionality.
>
> Rich
>
>
>     "Frank Haber" 
>     wrote in message news:4238392e$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>     RichS, do you recall ever seeing an outline of relative capabilities of
>     REGEDIT and regedit32, especially in permissions?  Have you ever used a
>     third-party registry tool for more access?

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