How to find HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Dfrg\bootOptimizerFunction?

Answer 1

Part of your question broke off but if you are trying to located a specific registry file then that is simple. Click the start button on your desktop and then click the run option. In the blank field type the letters - regedit - . Just the letters, not the "-'s". Then click the edit tab on the top menu bar and select "find". Your can type the entire path or just the file itself. If there are mulitple registry files containing your file name or a part of the file name you may get several hits. For example, if you are looking for the "Options" file located in the Solitare game that come standard with Windows, you could manually take the path to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Solitare and then locate the file. Otherwise use the "find" method and you will eventually be taken to that folder. Hope this helps.


Oh yeah....almost everything you see in regedit is nessesary for your system to funtion properly. Take great care with what you do in there. If you don't know what it does or what it means, don't alter or delete it. Though, for example, if you have a virus running on your computer, this tool (regedit) is great for located those annoying viruses or spamware. If you go to your taskmanager and see a program running that looks suspicious then google the name and you will more than likely find out what the program does. If it is harmful you can search for it under its program name or anyother names it may create and delete it. But like I said, be careful. You can very easily destroy valuable information. Best of luck!

Answer 2

Go to start and type "regedit". This will open the registry.

Look for the "Local Machine" section and click on the + in front of it to open the sections beneath it.

Move down through the sections, clicking on the +'s until you reach the section you need. Each "\" separates a section.

But BE CAREFUL about making any changes in the registry. If you do them wrong, you can ruin the registry and make it so that Windows will not load. As your question seems to indicate that you are not familiar with the registry, I suggest you get assistance from someone who is before trying to make changes to your registry!!

Answer 3

Yes! go to regedit, don't play with it unless you know of it and make registry backup!

Answer 4

go to start, run, type in regedit, and search there for what you are looking for.

If you plan on making changes be careful, you can really mess up your machine.