Regedit and HKEY_CURRENT_USER

From the name "HKEY_CURRENT_USER" I would guess that this is registry
information associated with the user I am logged on as ("Steve"). Does
this mean that there are other parts of the registry that I cannot
search (with Edit, Find...) unless I login as those other users?

I have an application which is reporting details of a program that I
uninstalled a couple of years ago. I cannot find the information in any
file on my system (the search still has some way to go, though). Nor can
I find it in the registry, but am I seeing all of the registry?

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Steve Swift
http://www.swiftys.org.uk/swifty.html
http://www.ringers.org.uk

neil
Sun Aug 17 05:54:27 PDT 2008

Look in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Neil
"Swifty" <Steve.J.Swift@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> From the name "HKEY_CURRENT_USER" I would guess that this is registry
> information associated with the user I am logged on as ("Steve"). Does
> this mean that there are other parts of the registry that I cannot search
> (with Edit, Find...) unless I login as those other users?
>
> I have an application which is reporting details of a program that I
> uninstalled a couple of years ago. I cannot find the information in any
> file on my system (the search still has some way to go, though). Nor can I
> find it in the registry, but am I seeing all of the registry?
>
> --
> Steve Swift
> http://www.swiftys.org.uk/swifty.html
> http://www.ringers.org.uk

Unknown
Sun Aug 17 09:00:24 PDT 2008

Find searches ALL of the registry.
"Swifty" <Steve.J.Swift@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:%23$c8QcCAJHA.5048@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> From the name "HKEY_CURRENT_USER" I would guess that this is registry
> information associated with the user I am logged on as ("Steve"). Does
> this mean that there are other parts of the registry that I cannot search
> (with Edit, Find...) unless I login as those other users?
>
> I have an application which is reporting details of a program that I
> uninstalled a couple of years ago. I cannot find the information in any
> file on my system (the search still has some way to go, though). Nor can I
> find it in the registry, but am I seeing all of the registry?
>
> --
> Steve Swift
> http://www.swiftys.org.uk/swifty.html
> http://www.ringers.org.uk

Swifty
Sun Aug 17 09:33:13 PDT 2008

Unknown wrote:
> Find searches ALL of the registry.

Well, that leaves me with a conundrum. I've installed the 3rd party
application "My Uninstaller". Against my corporate VPN software package
it is showing a description of "Virtuagirl 2". I'll admit that I did
have that on my system a couple of years ago, but then I removed it.

The conundrum is: Where has My Uninstaller found the string
"Virtuagirl"? I can't find it in the registry, I can't find it in any
file on my system (apart from some ancient log files, and their backups).

OK, My Installer is clearly picking up the information incorrectly, but
unless I can find where it is coming from, I'll have a hard time
convincing the author.


--
Steve Swift
http://www.swiftys.org.uk/swifty.html
http://www.ringers.org.uk

Unknown
Sun Aug 17 09:47:07 PDT 2008

Change the search argument to something less. Try-- find-- 'virt'
"Swifty" <Steve.J.Swift@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Unknown wrote:
>> Find searches ALL of the registry.
>
> Well, that leaves me with a conundrum. I've installed the 3rd party
> application "My Uninstaller". Against my corporate VPN software package it
> is showing a description of "Virtuagirl 2". I'll admit that I did have
> that on my system a couple of years ago, but then I removed it.
>
> The conundrum is: Where has My Uninstaller found the string "Virtuagirl"?
> I can't find it in the registry, I can't find it in any file on my system
> (apart from some ancient log files, and their backups).
>
> OK, My Installer is clearly picking up the information incorrectly, but
> unless I can find where it is coming from, I'll have a hard time
> convincing the author.
>
>
> --
> Steve Swift
> http://www.swiftys.org.uk/swifty.html
> http://www.ringers.org.uk