SOLVED windows taskbar toolbars location

[shant]

im trying to copy the taskbar shortcuts i have on one pc to another, where are they located? i don't want to redo them one by one, is there an easy route? i hope its not registry related because i can't boot into the windows of the one where the shortcuts are located

 

[redduc900]

Assuming the OS is either Vista or Win7, your user accounts taskbar toolbars are saved in the following registry location...

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Streams\Desktop

... the sub-key of which would need to be exported (backed up as a *.reg file), then merged into the registry of the new PC.

 

[shant]

yes but how can i retrieve the registry key when i cannot log into the windows that has the shortcuts in its registry ?

 

[redduc900]

You can't.

 

[shant]

no tool to browse it? where is the registry located exactly? the ram ?

 

[c627627]

Just in case someone else is looking for Quick Launch shortcuts on Windows XP:
C:\Documents and Settings\[insert user name]\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch

 

[shant]

well, it seems that you can load hives from registry editor, tried it, didn't succeed, i probably could have but it looks like it needs a few hours which i don't have, im pretty sure i can do it if i give it enough time, anyway thanks, you can actually browse another registry editor

 

[redduc900]

What good does loading the hive do you if you can't export the key to a partition or drive that's accessible?

 

[shant]

i was able to export the key tho, its accessible

 

[redduc900]

Please show us how you did it, including the exact commands you typed at the Recovery Console command prompt.

 

[shant]

run regedit.exe, click on hkey_local_machine, then click file menu then press load hive, browse "windows\system32\config" and select the right file from there, which are the folders hkey-localmachine, user etc...
from there you can browse the registry hive then export the key you want, then i guess you can import them somewhere else,or at least re create them

 

[redduc900]

Nice... thanks for returning to post the solution. I knew you could load the hives from the RC, but I wasn't aware you could export specific keys to a location other than the root directory.

 

[shant]

welcome