Starting Regedit By default, is copied to the %SystemRoot% (for example, D:\WINNT) during the installation of the operating system. | Starting Regedit By default is copied to the oSystemRoot for example D WINNT during the installation of the operating system. To start find the file and double-click it or use the Run command from the Start menu. Like most of the other viewing tools now available for Windows operating systems Registry Editor has a user interface similar to that of Windows Explorer. Note that Regedit is simply a tool for registry visualization and all of the magic is hidden behind the scenes rather than in the UI. In practice the similarity between Regedit and Explorer goes further than simple analogy. For example the same menu commands for keyboard shortcuts are used for creating new registry elements. uses context right-click menus similar to Explorer. Despite interface improvements however doesn t provide any warnings to the user nor does it recognize errors. What s more it doesn t have an Undo command meaning that most operations are .
