How to set the path in the registry

Some PC users may scare one word "registry". The fears are not groundless. People who choose to understand the registrynot being prepared, can make a headache and did not get any result. Why should it climb? The answer is to "register" the file, which for one reason or another have not appeared in the lists of the registry. And if he didn't get it, the system it is not. How to register in the registry? Take for example games, because they often encourage inexperienced users to become interested in this issue.

You will need

A computer running the Windows operating system, basic skills on work with computer

Instruction

List your game in the registryE. to do this, go to C drive, then Windows folder. There you will see regedit, run it. There is another wayeasy, for those who don't want to dig around in system folders. Click on a familiar icon of "start" and select "Run". In the window "program Start", locate the address bar, after which there is a "Review" for your system, the window may look slightly different, but the line was always in place). Hover over the row and enter the program name "regedit" and press OK. So you open Editor " register".

Look in the branches folder "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE". The registry looks much like a normal tree of folders. All the documents are in the left part of the window registryand, among them you will find folder "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE". Click on the plus sign to the left of its name or twice on the folder itself. Then find the SOFTWARE folder and find it in the folder with the game. Go to it.

Locate the file called "Install dir". If the file is missing, make it yourself. Alternatively, right-click and select "create" then "create string parameter". Name it "Install dir".

Specify the pathwhere you have stored the game, and then click anywhere in the screen to minimize the window. Prescribed path will be automatically saved. Thus, the game will be listed in the registry.

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