help! I screwed up my registry by renaming one folder...please tell me original name
 

I went to \\\registry\HKLM: and was scrolling when i accidently renamed one of the folders to "d"....now my tp freezes. i can launch total commander but not do much else. can someone take a look and let me know what to rename the folder?

inside this folder, there's subdirectory with:
-htc
-ia stytle
-l&h
-microsoft
-midi engine
-scansoft


Audiocompression
buttonapps
comm
controlpanel
d [what's the name of this directory?]
drivers
dirvers32
explorer
extmodems
hardware
ident
init
loader
mui
nls
platform
security
services
snd
software
system
tapi
telephony
time
windows ce ser
windows ce tools

Re: help! I screwed up my registry by renaming one folder...please tell me original n
 

From what I see from mine you just added the d directory because in between controlpanel and drivers is nothing.

audio
button
comm
control
drivers
drivers32
etc.

Re: help! I screwed up my registry by renaming one folder...please tell me original n
 

Thats your software key, just rename it to "Software"

Atleast thats what i think... im assuming that one of your programs recreated the software directory with its own and the new one you see isnt the real thing. Is there anything else in there? The only place i find the folders you mentioned is in the hklm/software.

Either way, back up your registry NOW, dont make any changes that cant be undone!

Re: help! I screwed up my registry by renaming one folder...please tell me original n
 

I have a "software folder".

in the d [what's the name of this directory?] directory, there are the following folders:
-htc
-ia stytle
-l&h
-microsoft
-midi engine
-scansoft

===========DIRECTORY=======
Audiocompression
buttonapps
comm
controlpanel
d [what's the name of this directory?]
drivers
dirvers32
explorer
extmodems
hardware
ident
init
loader
mui
nls
platform
security
services
snd
software
system
tapi
telephony
time
windows ce ser
windows ce tools
==============

Re: help! I screwed up my registry by renaming one folder...please tell me original n
 

how do i backup my registry?

Re: help! I screwed up my registry by renaming one folder...please tell me original n
 

I use phmreg and theres a backup option in the tools option

If you arent using phm, just look for export or backup, most if not all editors have this option

Re: help! I screwed up my registry by renaming one folder...please tell me original n
 

anyone else? i can't even hard reset my phone now. arggh.

Re: help! I screwed up my registry by renaming one folder...please tell me original n
 

if you tell me whats inside the "d" directory . I will tell you what it is supposed to be renamed. I have had this problem b4, wen u renamed the directory it recreated the original but the recreated directory is black and needs to be replaced with the "d" directory

Re: help! I screwed up my registry by renaming one folder...please tell me original n
 

The only folder that "midi engine" and "ia style" are in is \HKLM\Software

Re: help! I screwed up my registry by renaming one folder...please tell me original n
 

anways, i hard resetted.