To open the Registry editor ( Be careful this is a very powerful tool, not for the faint hearted )

Click the Start Menu and in the ‘Search programs and files’ box type regedit and hit Enter
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or click the Start Menu and click ‘Run’, in there type regedit and hit Ok or Enter
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This is how you open up the Registry Editor “Regedit”