I never tried this myself, but it should be possible to open a registry file from a non-default path with the command "regedit /R:c:\path\to\ntuser.dat"
Now you can export HKCU\Software\Helios\Textpad 4, exit regedit, and doubleclick the file you just saved.
Thank you. I tried but it didn't (seem) to do anything.
(i tried to search for keys i knew was in the old database, but nothing seemed to have been added)
But thanks anyway!
BTW you might want to make a backup of your current registry first.
Hehe, point taken
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I discovered another way though, which i might as well share with you all:
- Log on as Administrator.
- (take a backup of the registry database!! (Backup your harddisk while you're at it
))
- move cursor to HKEY_USERS
- make a new key (or folder if you will) in HKEY_USERS called "!!!!!!!!!!!" (or something - this will just be a temp-folder to contain the old ntuser.dat)
- make sure the cursor is at "!!!!!!!!!!!"!!! (i think this is very important, so that you don't overwrite your registry-database with crap values from the old one in the next steps!!)
- Go to Files -> Load Hive (yeah, now that menu-item is active!)
- Load the old ntuser.dat
(it's now being loaded into the "!!!!!!!!!!!" folder)
- Now the content of the old ntuser.dat is as subkeys (subfolders) of the "!!!!!!!!!!!" key (folder)
- locate the "TextPad 4"-key and export it as a reg-file
(see
http://www.textpad.info/forum/viewtopic ... t+settings )
- move the cursor to "!!!!!!!!!!!" again, and select "Files -> Unload hive" to remove the old temp shit again.
now you have a reg-file. Note however that the keys in this file are relative to "HKEY_USERS\!!!!!!!!!!!" instead of "HKEY_CURRENT_USER", so open a texteditor (textpad!!) and do a search/replace.
(if it complains about "binaries" when you later double click the reg-file, make sure you didn't save it in unicode format)
Simple and easy (once you know it's possible, and how it's possible). Remember, i don't know shit about the registry database, so maybe this will slaughter your computer, but it seems to work ok to me...
Atleast it gave me a textpad.reg-file, and now all my settings are back!