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Ted wrote:
> MS Help says to type regedit to edit 64 bit registry,
> it also says that 64 bit registry files located in
> C:\Windows\System32\Config
>
> While it says to type
> C:\Windows\SysWow64\regedit to edit the 32 bit registry.
> also it says that the 32 bit registry files located in the Syswow64
> directory.
>
> Whether I type Regedit or C:\Windows\SysWow64\regedit, I get the
> same Registry. ??
> I can't find any registry files in the C:\Windows\SysWow64 directory
> ??
> Why does the registry has SysWow64 sections in it, while I
> see that 32 bit software have been registered in the 64 bit
> registry and the SysWow64 sections.
>
> Very confusing, hope somebody can shed some light.

From 32-bit programs, you can only see the 32-bit nodes of the registry. So
running SysWOW64\regedit.exe will only show you the 32-bit version of the
registry. Running the 64-bit version will show you both -- the 64-bit
registry, and the 32-bit nodes that are in it.

MS Help says to type regedit to edit 64 bit registry,
it also says that 64 bit registry files located in
C:\Windows\System32\Config

While it says to type
C:\Windows\SysWow64\regedit to edit the 32 bit registry.
also it says that the 32 bit registry files located in the Syswow64
directory.

Whether I type Regedit or C:\Windows\SysWow64\regedit, I get the
same Registry. ??
I can't find any registry files in the C:\Windows\SysWow64 directory ??

Why does the registry has SysWow64 sections in it, while I
see that 32 bit software have been registered in the 64 bit
registry and the SysWow64 sections.

Very confusing, hope somebody can shed some light.

Thanks

In the Software node of HKLM, you should see "Wow6432Node" from the 64-bit
regedit. You will not see it from the 32-bit regedit. (And the actual
contents of the rest of the software node will not be the same, obviously.)

If you're NOT seeing this, then have you, deliberately or unintentionally,
changed your default shell to 32-bit Explorer?


Ted wrote:
> So both 32 and 64 are in the same registry files in
> C:\Windows\System32\Config ?
>
> There are no registry files in
> C:\Windows\SysWow64 ?
>
>> running SysWOW64\regedit.exe will only show you the 32-bit version
>> of the registry
> Even though both look the same ?
>
>
>
> "Charlie Russel - MVP" <> wrote in
> message news:eMD$...
>> Ted wrote:
>>> MS Help says to type regedit to edit 64 bit registry,
>>> it also says that 64 bit registry files located in
>>> C:\Windows\System32\Config
>>>
>>> While it says to type
>>> C:\Windows\SysWow64\regedit to edit the 32 bit registry.
>>> also it says that the 32 bit registry files located in the Syswow64
>>> directory.
>>>
>>> Whether I type Regedit or C:\Windows\SysWow64\regedit, I get the
>>> same Registry. ??
>>> I can't find any registry files in the C:\Windows\SysWow64 directory
>>> ??
>>> Why does the registry has SysWow64 sections in it, while I
>>> see that 32 bit software have been registered in the 64 bit
>>> registry and the SysWow64 sections.
>>>
>>> Very confusing, hope somebody can shed some light.
>>
>> From 32-bit programs, you can only see the 32-bit nodes of the
>> registry. So running SysWOW64\regedit.exe will only show you the
>> 32-bit version of the registry. Running the 64-bit version will show
>> you both -- the 64-bit registry, and the 32-bit nodes that are in it.

So both 32 and 64 are in the same registry files in
C:\Windows\System32\Config ?

There are no registry files in
C:\Windows\SysWow64 ?

> running SysWOW64\regedit.exe will only show you the 32-bit version of the
> registry
Even though both look the same ?



"Charlie Russel - MVP" <> wrote in message
news:eMD$...
> Ted wrote:
>> MS Help says to type regedit to edit 64 bit registry,
>> it also says that 64 bit registry files located in
>> C:\Windows\System32\Config
>>
>> While it says to type
>> C:\Windows\SysWow64\regedit to edit the 32 bit registry.
>> also it says that the 32 bit registry files located in the Syswow64
>> directory.
>>
>> Whether I type Regedit or C:\Windows\SysWow64\regedit, I get the
>> same Registry. ??
>> I can't find any registry files in the C:\Windows\SysWow64 directory
>> ??
>> Why does the registry has SysWow64 sections in it, while I
>> see that 32 bit software have been registered in the 64 bit
>> registry and the SysWow64 sections.
>>
>> Very confusing, hope somebody can shed some light.
>
> From 32-bit programs, you can only see the 32-bit nodes of the registry.
> So running SysWOW64\regedit.exe will only show you the 32-bit version of
> the registry. Running the 64-bit version will show you both -- the 64-bit
> registry, and the 32-bit nodes that are in it.
>

Read the article at:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...plications.asp
especially the Registry Redirector.

"Ted" <> wrote in message
news:...
> MS Help says to type regedit to edit 64 bit registry,
> it also says that 64 bit registry files located in
> C:\Windows\System32\Config
>
> While it says to type
> C:\Windows\SysWow64\regedit to edit the 32 bit registry.
> also it says that the 32 bit registry files located in the Syswow64
> directory.
>
> Whether I type Regedit or C:\Windows\SysWow64\regedit, I get the
> same Registry. ??
> I can't find any registry files in the C:\Windows\SysWow64 directory ??
>
> Why does the registry has SysWow64 sections in it, while I
> see that 32 bit software have been registered in the 64 bit
> registry and the SysWow64 sections.
>
> Very confusing, hope somebody can shed some light.
>
> Thanks
>
>

yw

"Ted" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Thanks for the link.
>
>
> "Colin Barnhorst" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Read the article at:
>> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...plications.asp
>> especially the Registry Redirector.
>>
>> "Ted" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> MS Help says to type regedit to edit 64 bit registry,
>>> it also says that 64 bit registry files located in
>>> C:\Windows\System32\Config
>>>
>>> While it says to type
>>> C:\Windows\SysWow64\regedit to edit the 32 bit registry.
>>> also it says that the 32 bit registry files located in the Syswow64
>>> directory.
>>>
>>> Whether I type Regedit or C:\Windows\SysWow64\regedit, I get the
>>> same Registry. ??
>>> I can't find any registry files in the C:\Windows\SysWow64 directory ??
>>>
>>> Why does the registry has SysWow64 sections in it, while I
>>> see that 32 bit software have been registered in the 64 bit
>>> registry and the SysWow64 sections.
>>>
>>> Very confusing, hope somebody can shed some light.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

>In the Software node of HKLM, you should see "Wow6432Node"

I see the node, still confusing.
It is just going to take time to study the registry behavior
once 64 BIT applications are around.



"Charlie Russel - MVP" <> wrote in message
news:...
> In the Software node of HKLM, you should see "Wow6432Node" from the 64-bit
> regedit. You will not see it from the 32-bit regedit. (And the actual
> contents of the rest of the software node will not be the same,
> obviously.)
>
> If you're NOT seeing this, then have you, deliberately or unintentionally,
> changed your default shell to 32-bit Explorer?
>
>
> Ted wrote:
>> So both 32 and 64 are in the same registry files in
>> C:\Windows\System32\Config ?
>>
>> There are no registry files in
>> C:\Windows\SysWow64 ?
>>
>>> running SysWOW64\regedit.exe will only show you the 32-bit version
>>> of the registry
>> Even though both look the same ?
>>
>>
>>
>> "Charlie Russel - MVP" <> wrote in
>> message news:eMD$...
>>> Ted wrote:
>>>> MS Help says to type regedit to edit 64 bit registry,
>>>> it also says that 64 bit registry files located in
>>>> C:\Windows\System32\Config
>>>>
>>>> While it says to type
>>>> C:\Windows\SysWow64\regedit to edit the 32 bit registry.
>>>> also it says that the 32 bit registry files located in the Syswow64
>>>> directory.
>>>>
>>>> Whether I type Regedit or C:\Windows\SysWow64\regedit, I get the
>>>> same Registry. ??
>>>> I can't find any registry files in the C:\Windows\SysWow64 directory
>>>> ??
>>>> Why does the registry has SysWow64 sections in it, while I
>>>> see that 32 bit software have been registered in the 64 bit
>>>> registry and the SysWow64 sections.
>>>>
>>>> Very confusing, hope somebody can shed some light.
>>>
>>> From 32-bit programs, you can only see the 32-bit nodes of the
>>> registry. So running SysWOW64\regedit.exe will only show you the
>>> 32-bit version of the registry. Running the 64-bit version will show
>>> you both -- the 64-bit registry, and the 32-bit nodes that are in it.
>
>

Thanks for the link.


"Colin Barnhorst" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Read the article at:
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...plications.asp
> especially the Registry Redirector.
>
> "Ted" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> MS Help says to type regedit to edit 64 bit registry,
>> it also says that 64 bit registry files located in
>> C:\Windows\System32\Config
>>
>> While it says to type
>> C:\Windows\SysWow64\regedit to edit the 32 bit registry.
>> also it says that the 32 bit registry files located in the Syswow64
>> directory.
>>
>> Whether I type Regedit or C:\Windows\SysWow64\regedit, I get the
>> same Registry. ??
>> I can't find any registry files in the C:\Windows\SysWow64 directory ??
>>
>> Why does the registry has SysWow64 sections in it, while I
>> see that 32 bit software have been registered in the 64 bit
>> registry and the SysWow64 sections.
>>
>> Very confusing, hope somebody can shed some light.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>
>

I think I see why I got confused.
Must have misread Wow6432Node to be the SysWow64 directory.
There is no reg files in the SysWow64 directory.



"Charlie Russel - MVP" <> wrote in message
news:...
> In the Software node of HKLM, you should see "Wow6432Node" from the 64-bit
> regedit. You will not see it from the 32-bit regedit. (And the actual
> contents of the rest of the software node will not be the same,
> obviously.)
>
> If you're NOT seeing this, then have you, deliberately or unintentionally,
> changed your default shell to 32-bit Explorer?
>
>
> Ted wrote:
>> So both 32 and 64 are in the same registry files in
>> C:\Windows\System32\Config ?
>>
>> There are no registry files in
>> C:\Windows\SysWow64 ?
>>
>>> running SysWOW64\regedit.exe will only show you the 32-bit version
>>> of the registry
>> Even though both look the same ?
>>
>>
>>
>> "Charlie Russel - MVP" <> wrote in
>> message news:eMD$...
>>> Ted wrote:
>>>> MS Help says to type regedit to edit 64 bit registry,
>>>> it also says that 64 bit registry files located in
>>>> C:\Windows\System32\Config
>>>>
>>>> While it says to type
>>>> C:\Windows\SysWow64\regedit to edit the 32 bit registry.
>>>> also it says that the 32 bit registry files located in the Syswow64
>>>> directory.
>>>>
>>>> Whether I type Regedit or C:\Windows\SysWow64\regedit, I get the
>>>> same Registry. ??
>>>> I can't find any registry files in the C:\Windows\SysWow64 directory
>>>> ??
>>>> Why does the registry has SysWow64 sections in it, while I
>>>> see that 32 bit software have been registered in the 64 bit
>>>> registry and the SysWow64 sections.
>>>>
>>>> Very confusing, hope somebody can shed some light.
>>>
>>> From 32-bit programs, you can only see the 32-bit nodes of the
>>> registry. So running SysWOW64\regedit.exe will only show you the
>>> 32-bit version of the registry. Running the 64-bit version will show
>>> you both -- the 64-bit registry, and the 32-bit nodes that are in it.
>
>