How do you change a cd key, without re-installing

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  1. blade

    blade GEEK 2.0

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    How can you change the cd-key for a pc game, without re-installing it. Is there a location of a file that contains the current cd-key where you can change it
     
  2. Big B

    Big B HWF Godfather

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    You'd have to check the Windows registry

    H key local machine\software
     
  3. blade

    blade GEEK 2.0

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    I know this is a stupid question, but how do you go into your registry
     
  4. UnSeEn

    UnSeEn Mayor McCheese

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    Not stupid at all! Go to Start, Run, and then type in "regedit" to access your registry.
     
  5. blade

    blade GEEK 2.0

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    Theres no "RUN" in my start menu?; I have Win. XP Pro
     
  6. Karanislove

    Karanislove It's D Grav80 Of Luv

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    Ok! then use the short way....

    WindowsKey(between ctrl & alt) + R
     
  7. blade

    blade GEEK 2.0

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    Nothing appears when I do that
     
  8. Karanislove

    Karanislove It's D Grav80 Of Luv

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    What is your computer? Is it a client running under a server or its your Personal computer?
     
  9. blade

    blade GEEK 2.0

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    personal computer
     
  10. blade

    blade GEEK 2.0

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    wait!; I thought you meant ctrl + alt + R
    The win. key + R worked:good:
     
  11. blade

    blade GEEK 2.0

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    Back to the original post; H key local machine\software doesn't work
    I'm putting

    H key local machine\Game Title
    H key local machine\software\Game Title

    None of this codes work, I keep getting an error, saying to re-type it
     
  12. UnSeEn

    UnSeEn Mayor McCheese

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    Ok, I have my registry in front of me, starting from scratch:

    - You should see a bunch of folders to your left, all starting with HKEY.
    - Double click on HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
    - Double click on Software
    - Find the company of whatever game you're looking for, and double click it.
    - You should have 1 or more files in front of you on the right.

    From here, I'm not so sure. You could try deleting one, but I would back-up your registry first. If the game stops working altogether, you'll have the backup that you can load. Modifying is strange...
     
  13. Karanislove

    Karanislove It's D Grav80 Of Luv

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    Here is the solution.....
    Right click on Start(windows) > properties;Now you are inside the "Taskbar and Start Menu Properties". Select "Start Menu" Tab from the top > Press Customize button > Select Advanced Tab from the top > Here you need to check in from of Run in the Start Menu Items to display in the list.....


    For Registry Editing; It is always not a good practice to edit registry unless you are 100% sure what you are doing. However, if you have a backup of the registry as Unseen suggested then there is no problem....
     
  14. blade

    blade GEEK 2.0

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    How do you access the registry, I put in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE in the "RUN" box, but it gives me an error to re-type it
     
  15. Karanislove

    Karanislove It's D Grav80 Of Luv

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    Type "regedit.exe" or just "regedit" will do also.....
     
  16. blade

    blade GEEK 2.0

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    Finally!:spin2:Thanks!:good:
     

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