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Windows Forum / Windows XP / General Topics 1 / May 2008Need help to create Registry subkey in XP
Hi all, I am in hopes that someone can help me with this problem. I dual boot with Vista and XP on two of my 4 machines, I have found the workaround information for hiding the Vista drive from XP do that it won't delete the Restore Points, or so it says, and I have a situation I am not sure how to resolve. Here is the workaround in the KB article: To keep Windows XP from deleting restore points of the volume in Windows Vista, add the following registry entry under the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\MountedDevices\Offline registry subkey in Windows XP: Value name: \DosDevices\D: Type: REG_DWORD Value data: 1 Note If the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\MountedDevices\Offline registry subkey does not exist, you must manually create this registry subkey. Create this registry entry when you have installed Windows Vista on the "D" partition in Windows XP. My Vista is installed on the E: drive in XP, so I have found the subkey, but, the \DosDevices\E: subkey is a Reg_Binary key with different Value set up. I have tried to create a DWORD for the \DosDevices\E: but, it says that it is already there, although, it is a Binary and not DWORD. I don't know what the existing subkey may be for, so I don't want to overwrite it unless I am sure it won't mess something else up. And, if I change the name of the DWORD I don't know if it will work as it should Any suggestions would truly be appreciated. Jan :) Sorry for the double post, I posted from a different machine the first time and it did not look like it was sent. Jan :) > Hi all, > [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] > > Jan :) Just merge this file into your reg. Do you know how to do that? Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\MountedDevices\Offline] "\\DosDevices\\E:"=dword:00000001  Signature---------------------------------------- www.paulsxp.com www.paulsxp.com/forum ---------------------------------------- > Hi all, > [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] > > Jan :) Thanks, Paul. Not sure how to merge, but, I'll figure it out if need be. :-) Jan :) > Just merge this file into your reg. Do you know how to do that? > [quoted text clipped - 47 lines] >> >> Jan :) Just click on the file. Copy the text, save as keeprestore.reg and click the file, you will be prompted what to do next. Signature---------------------------------------- www.paulsxp.com www.paulsxp.com/forum ---------------------------------------- > Thanks, Paul. Not sure how to merge, but, I'll figure it out if need be. > :-) [quoted text clipped - 53 lines] >>> >>> Jan :) Thanks, Paul. I have created the new keys as Ramone suggested, and it does work on the desktop machine, but, so far, it is not working on the laptop. I have done the same on each machine so I don't know what is going on. The only difference is that the Vista on the desktop is Vista Ultimate x64 and the Vista on the laptop is Ultimate x86. Both are SP1, and both the XP's are XP Pro SP3. So, I am a bit confused as to what the problem is. I'll try the merge on the laptop and see if that makes a difference. Jan :) > Just click on the file. Copy the text, save as keeprestore.reg and click > the file, you will be prompted what to do next. [quoted text clipped - 58 lines] >>>> >>>> Jan :) I must not be clicking on the right 'file'. If you mean this one: \\DosDevices\\E:"=dword:00000001, when I click on it is does nothing, if I right click on it I do get a Save Target as or Copy. If I click Save Target As it does nothing. If I copy, then I have to save it to someplace before I can save it as. So, obviously, I am, not doing something right. :-) Also, I went back and deleted the first Offline key and redid the whole wazoolie from scratch in the XP Register and when completed, I lost access to two programs that I had icons for on the XP desktop that are installed on the Vista drive, which made me think that the XP drive was no longer seeing the Vista drive. So, I went back to the Vista drive and created another RP, then rebooted back in to the XP, then back to the Vista to see if this time it worked, and it did. So, that at least solves that part. I don't have enough room to install the other two programs on the XP drive, so, I guess I will have to do without them on XP for the time being. At least I will have my RPs. Thank you for your time and help, I really do appreciate it. :-) Jan :) > Just click on the file. Copy the text, save as keeprestore.reg and click > the file, you will be prompted what to do next. [quoted text clipped - 58 lines] >>>> >>>> Jan :) All the test here must be in the file keeprestore.reg from here>Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\MountedDevices\Offline] "\\DosDevices\\E:"=dword:00000001<to here > I must not be clicking on the right 'file'. If you mean this one: > \\DosDevices\\E:"=dword:00000001, when I click on it is does nothing, if I [quoted text clipped - 80 lines] >>>>> >>>>> Jan :) Thanks, Paul, I'll go through it and try to work it out. Jan :) > All the test here must be in the file keeprestore.reg > [quoted text clipped - 87 lines] >>>>>> >>>>>> Jan :) Go here: http://www.paulsxp.com/tweaksxp.html Line 43 and download the reg fix. Signature---------------------------------------- www.paulsxp.com www.paulsxp.com/forum ---------------------------------------- > Thanks, Paul, I'll go through it and try to work it out. > [quoted text clipped - 92 lines] >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Jan :) It won't work, regarless of the value type a subkey cannot have values with identical names. John > Just merge this file into your reg. Do you know how to do that? > > Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 > > [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\MountedDevices\Offline] > "\\DosDevices\\E:"=dword:00000001 What? > It won't work, regarless of the value type a subkey cannot have values > with identical names. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\MountedDevices\Offline] >> "\\DosDevices\\E:"=dword:00000001 My mistake, I thought than Jan wanted to keep the Binary value by the same name in the same key, she doesn't need it so she can just merge the registry file and it will replace it with the Dword value. John > What? > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >>> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\MountedDevices\Offline] >>> "\\DosDevices\\E:"=dword:00000001 Don't touch that key,create a new Dword value. The subkey they are talking about is the "Offline" subkey. Create that by right-clicking on mounted devices>new key, then name it Offline. Then right-click Offline>new dword value, then name it \DosDevices\E: .Then double-click \DosDevices\E: and change the value to 1. Ramone > Hi all, > [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] > > Jan :) Thanks, Ramone, I'll give that a try. Jan :) > Don't touch that key,create a new Dword value. The subkey they are talking > about is the "Offline" subkey. Create that by right-clicking on mounted [quoted text clipped - 48 lines] >> >> Jan :) |
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