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28-Sep-2000, 03:40 PM #1
Several months back LarryCore posted a topic about cleaning your registry with stuff you already have. I have ran this on my own system and it worked fine.

I'm trying to run it on a laptop, but when I restart the system in DOS MODE and do the REGEDIT /C C:\TEMP.REG part, it goes through real fast (< 1 minute) and reports 100% but them gives me an error message:

Cannot import c:\temp.reg: Error accessing the registry.

Has Larry ever run across this situation? If so, what was done to resolve it?

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28-Sep-2000, 04:01 PM #2
Here is your answer.

http://support.microsoft.com/support...-US&SD=gn&FR=0

Actually I just noticed that MikePrivate added some tips to Larry's post. Try his suggestion for adding to conventional memory and then retry regedit command.

http://www.helponthe.net/tsgbb/Forum14/HTML/000023.html



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28-Sep-2000, 06:20 PM #3
RegClean is fine but that does nothing to remove unused space from the registry. It just cleans up invalid entries in HKey_Classes_Root

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29-Sep-2000, 12:58 AM #4
bhesson:
Thanks! I reprinted the post and did the SMARTDRV thingy and it worked great!

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29-Sep-2000, 06:25 AM #5
Your welcome, glad to hear it.
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