| Description |
HiveLoader is a powerful system tool that allows you to load and
unload registry hives as well as create new registry hives. If you do not
know what a registry hive is then this program is not for you! Improper
modification of your computer's registry could easily break your computer. If
you know what a registry hive is but you are wondering why you would want to
load a new registry hive, there are several good reasons to load another
registry hive. First, not all registry hives are loaded into the active
registry at startup, e.g. the "Default User" hive is not loaded. Second, you
may have multiple copies of Windows installed on the same computer, this allows
you to load registry hives from the inactive copy of Windows. Lastly, you can
load registry hives from offline registry hives contained in virtual machines
or disk images. HiveLoader allows you to load these hives, view and edit
these hives, then unload them. All changes are committed to the hive as you
make them, you cannot unload the hive and discard the changes you made.
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| Use |
To load a hive click "Load" and browse to the hive file, select the hive
root under which to load the new hive (either HKLM or HKU), and enter the
subkey name to load the hive as. Once a hive is loaded or created, edit the
hive using Regedit. To unload a hive simply select the hive and click "Unload."
To create a new hive click "Load" and enter the path to where the new hive file
will get saved. This must be a new non-existent file. Enter the hive root and
subkey name and click "Load." You will be prompted about creating a new hive.
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| Requirements |
HiveLoader is a 32-bit application requiring a Microsoft Windows
Operating System.
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Win
95 |
Win
98 |
Win
ME |
Win
CE |
NT
3.x |
NT
4.0 |
Win
2000 |
Win
XP |
Win
2003 |
| Unicode |
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
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| Installation |
Select and download the HiveLoader version that best suits your needs.
After downloading HiveLoader, use Winzip
or another PKZip program to extract
the contents. Simply place the contents of the zip file into a directory
on your computer. Create a shortcut to the program (HiveLoader.exe) and place
the shortcut on your desktop or in your start menu.
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