From 77bb0e7a3cca5e41509ad45fd764171ddc2e56ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Richard Jones Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 09:47:16 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] regedit: Fix documentation for CurrentControlSet (thanks Yuval Kashtan). --- regedit/hivexregedit | 19 +++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/regedit/hivexregedit b/regedit/hivexregedit index d177d4f..e094366 100755 --- a/regedit/hivexregedit +++ b/regedit/hivexregedit @@ -89,8 +89,23 @@ backslashes (but not both) to protect them from the shell. Registry keys like C don't really exist in the Windows Registry at the level of the hive file, and therefore you -cannot modify these. Replace this with C, and -similarly for other C keys. +cannot modify these. + +C is usually an alias for C. In +some circumstances it might refer to another control set. The way +to find out is to look at the C key: + + $ hivexregedit --export SYSTEM '\Select' + [\Select] + "Current"=dword:00000001 + "Default"=dword:00000001 + "Failed"=dword:00000000 + "LastKnownGood"=dword:00000002 + +"Default" is the one which Windows will choose when it boots. + +Similarly, other C keys in the path may need to +be replaced. =head1 EXAMPLE -- 1.8.3.1