                How to Compress your Win95 Registry Files
                           by Roy Lehrer



Smalreg4.zip contains ver 4.0 of my procedure to compress Win95 registry 
files regardless of their size, or the size of the key values within the 
registry.  It overcomes the problem detailed in MS Knowledge Base article 
Q132064 and therefore works on those registry files that normally produce 
an error message or system hang when the "regedit/ c" command is used.   

The actual procedure is contained in the file SMALLREG.RTF. I chose to 
distribute this version in Rich Text format because it is supported by most 
word processors including WordPad which is included with Win95.  This format 
allows the for the widest usability while still retaining most of my original 
formatting.
  
If you use WordPad, I suggest that you set the top and bottom margins to .8" 
and the left and right margins to 1".  You will have to add some blank lines 
at the beginning of each Appendix in order for them to start on a new page 
when you print the file.  Other than that the formatting should be acceptable.

Since the file was actually written using MS Word from Office 97, if you 
use any recent version of MS Word the file should display and print properly 
as is without the need for any changes.

Information and files are included for eliminating MRU and History data from 
the registry.  Also included, are patch instructions for using the ors2 
version of regedit.exe with either Win95 or Win95A.


INCLUDED FILES:
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README.TXT    -  This file
SMALLREG.RTF  -  The Procedure in Rich Text format
SMALLBAC.BAT  -  Sample batch file to backup critical files
SMALLREG.INF  -  Sample file to delete MRU's & Histories from the registry
Q132064.TXT   -  Microsoft Knowledge Base Article on REGEDIT problem


CHANGES FROM PRIOR VERSIONS:
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1. Procedural steps have been re-written for clarity.
2. Includes new information concerning compressing the registry with 
   Internet Explorer 4.x installed.
3. New procedures for compressing multi-user systems.

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