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Add Registry Editor to Control Panel

It's always struck me as odd that system tweakers use the registry editor all the time to fix annoyances in Windows, but nobody has created a tweak to add the registry editor to the control panel… until now.

I've created a registry hack to add the registry editor as another option in the Control Panel in either Vista or XP.

Usage in Windows Vista

After installation you'll need to choose System and Maintenance in the control panel.

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And you'll see the new Registry Editor item at the bottom of the list:

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Perhaps most useful, it's now available through the start menu search box.

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Usage in Windows XP

After installation you'll see the new icon in Control Panel if you choose the classic view.

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Installation

Just extract and double-click on the installation script. You can remove using the included removal script.

Download AddRegeditToControlPanel Registry Hack

The Geek is the founder of How-To Geek and a geek enthusiast. When he's not coming up with great how-to articles, he's probably writing at his personal blog. This article was written on 10/21/07 and tagged with: Windows Vista, Vista Tips & Tweaks

Comments (5)

  1. DuckMan

    wow! I never knew where to find regedit (not even back in Windows XP, 98, 95 - was there a registry in Win 3.11? I can't remember ). I always go start->run and type regedit.. it's a lot faster.

  2. Bookie

    Thanks for this. Off mark, but how can you stop Vista from caching thumbnails and where does Vista store it's thumbnails?

  3. KSG

    Thanks for this, very helpfull. I was wondering where regedit was in vista.
    Cheers

  4. Geekwanttobe

    could not work better. see why I want to be a geek. then maybe I could do things like this.

  5. M.Higham

    Worked for me! On Vista and XP! Thanks!


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