Editing Registry Entries for Another User
As an administrator, you might find it necessary to edit HKEY_USER entries for another user. For example, a startup program in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run might be causing such trouble that the user can’t log on. If you can’t log on as that user, you can edit his HKEY_CURRENT_USER Registry keys by loading his registry data manually. You load his registry hive and edit it. A hive is a file that contains registry data. The registry view that you see in the registry editor is the sum total of all loaded hive files. The systemwide registry sections are loaded when Windows boots. The personal registry sections are loaded when each user logs on. If a user isn’t logged on, you can manually ...
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