How to permanently delete a line of text from Windows registry?

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Mar,31

4:31 am

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I tried to delete a line of text in windows registry that was causing an error upon startup. It pointed to a file that did not exist (file was deleted when spyware was removed, but the reference stayed in the registry). I deleted the reference to the file in the value BootExecute. The line was:
autocheck (filename)
but it reappeared when I did a search for it. How can I permanently delete this line of text?

There is another entry which adds that line every time you run windows. You ultimately need to find out what is readding that line. One thing I have done in the past is creat a .bat or .reg file which can delete things from the registry quick and easy. Once you find and example you can copy you will see it is extremely simple, there are lots of tutorials and samples on the web. What you want to do is find one that modifies the registry and then add that registry entry you want to remove to the example you copied. You could set it up to run automaticaly or you can just right click the file and select run, it will then delete everything it’s told to. This is a very simple and usefull means of getting rid of trojans that reinstall htem selves from several directories. You just need to know all the directories and then you can delete them all simultaneously.

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2 Responses to “How to permanently delete a line of text from Windows registry?”

LBriscoe, on March 31st, 2010 at 9:41 am Said:

I would suggest not deleting it.

The Windows Registry is way too volatile to be messing with, for the average user. A slight change could cause your computer to go into reset loops, cause bad errors on boot, or worse.

You can change the value of the line in the registry. You could set the value at 0 or change it to false so that it becomes ineffective. However, messing with values like this could also cause terrible problems, too.

Again, if you need to mess with the registry, make sure you understand what you’re doing. Your other option is to make a file and rename it to the filename that line of the registry is checking for. If it sees it there, it might not check the contents of it to see if it’s working properly.

Sorry I couldn’t help further,

Lucien Briscoe
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C13H18N2, on March 31st, 2010 at 10:06 am Said:

There is another entry which adds that line every time you run windows. You ultimately need to find out what is readding that line. One thing I have done in the past is creat a .bat or .reg file which can delete things from the registry quick and easy. Once you find and example you can copy you will see it is extremely simple, there are lots of tutorials and samples on the web. What you want to do is find one that modifies the registry and then add that registry entry you want to remove to the example you copied. You could set it up to run automaticaly or you can just right click the file and select run, it will then delete everything it’s told to. This is a very simple and usefull means of getting rid of trojans that reinstall htem selves from several directories. You just need to know all the directories and then you can delete them all simultaneously.
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Registry Cleaner Removal