Jump to content

Two HDD and regedit problem


Recommended Posts

A while ago I installed another hardrive, it doesn't have anything on it I just intended to use it as storage (non bootable), it was just plugged in and formatted, after a while I put space consuming games like mass effect 2, oblivion + mods, etc etc on it.

 

now here the problem...

 

whenever I open regedit, I cannot see any registry thats related to programs that I installed on B drive (thats the secondary HDD) I know the registries are there, because programs (like tes4edit) can still recognize where oblivion was installed even though it is on the B drive

 

Help plz?

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Windows has only one registry, so if you are able to play the entries must be there. What do you want to edit in the registry that you cannot find? Try the search function for anything with the name of the program in it. for example to find the Oblivion entries, search for Oblivion and you should find some.
Link to comment
Share on other sites

nope.. tried the search... i tried searching fallout, oblivion, bethesda, etc etc... anything that I installed on drive B doesn't have registry...or at least none that I could find in regedit

 

EDIT: Oh nvm I found it....

 

all the stuff I installed under B was found in a separate key called WOW6342node

 

sorry

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 2 weeks later...

nope.. tried the search... i tried searching fallout, oblivion, bethesda, etc etc... anything that I installed on drive B doesn't have registry...or at least none that I could find in regedit

 

EDIT: Oh nvm I found it....

 

all the stuff I installed under B was found in a separate key called WOW6342node

 

sorry

 

Hm, I just checked that (I have a similar setup), and you're right - it does seem to store anything installed on a second drive under HKLM/WOW6342node. That's really odd, I'm curious why it would do that. Do you have a 64-bit OS, by any chance? I'm guessing you're on either Vista or 7.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
×
×
  • Create New...