Microsoft KB Archive/273889

= Changes to the Registry Checker Tool (Scanreg.exe) in Windows Me =

Article ID: 273889

Article Last Modified on 1/29/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition

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This article was previously published under Q273889



SUMMARY
The Registry Checker tool (Scanreg.exe) in Windows Millennium Edition (Me) has been updated to support all of its operations from within Windows.



MORE INFORMATION
The following command-line options are supported in Windows or by booting to Safe mode:

These commands are documented in the Microsoft Windows 98 Resource Kit, but function only in real mode (by booting to a command prompt) in Windows 98.

The listed command-line options are all still available in real mode in Windows Me (by booting from the Startup disk), by running Scanreg.exe. You can do this simply by typing the scanreg / command because the default path to Scanreg.exe is automatically part of the environment.

Registry Checker supports scanning, backing up, and restoring user-profile registry files (User.dat) in the Windows folder, within the Profiles\ folders. This support is enabled automatically, but you can disable it by adding the following line to the Scanreg.ini file in the Windows folder:

UserProfiles=0 ; (set to 1 to re-enable)

