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Subject:"..navigate down the path.." From:"Hart, Geoff" <Geoff-H -at- MTL -dot- FERIC -dot- CA> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 8 May 2001 09:05:33 -0400
Becca Price needs <<... 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.>>
You could certainly use the old DOS "path\path\path\...\DBSetup folder"
approach, but this seems to me to be the perfect opportunity for a
screenshot that shows the expanded folder hierarchy. Of course, no sooner is
the manual printed than the programmers will change the registry location,
but hey, them's the breaks. <g>
--Geoff Hart, FERIC, Pointe-Claire, Quebec
geoff-h -at- mtl -dot- feric -dot- ca
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