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Subject:Re: "..navigate down the path.." From:Jo Francis Byrd <jbyrd -at- byrdwrites -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 07 May 2001 16:11:37 -0500
Depends on the technical level of your users, I should think. There are some people who are terrified of
the Registry and won't go near it if at all possible, and for those you will need to have the directions
as specific as possible.
For the brave (or is that foolhardy?) ones like me, your second option ("Locate the path/....) would work
fine.
Jo Byrd
Becca Price wrote:
> I need to give instructions for opening a folder in Windows REGEDIT to locate a key that is burried
> many folders (like 7) deep. For those not familiar with it, REGEDIT is set up in a tree structure, with
> little +s and -s next to folders. You click on the + to open the folder.
>
> Do I have to have a step for each layer the user has to click on? (Click on the HKEY_CURRENT_USER
> folder to open it. Click on the Software folder to open it... etc.) Or would it be reasonable to say
> something like "Locate the path\path\path\...\DBSetup folder"?
>
> -Becca
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