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Edit Values

Editing a value opens an editor tailored to that value's type.

Steps​

  1. Open O&O RegEditor.
  2. Select the key that contains the value.
  3. In the value list, open the value:
    • Double-click it, or
    • select it and press Enter, or
    • choose Modify from the context menu.
  4. Enter the new data and confirm with OK. To discard your changes, choose Cancel or press Esc.

After you close the editor, focus returns to the value you edited, so you can continue with the keyboard.

Editors By Type​

Strings​

String and expandable-string values are edited as plain text.

The string value editor

Figure: Editing a string value.

Numbers​

For REG_DWORD and REG_QWORD values, choose the base — hexadecimal, decimal, or binary — before typing, so the number is interpreted correctly.

The DWORD value editor

Figure: Editing a numeric value with a selectable base.

Multi-line strings​

A REG_MULTI_SZ value is edited with one string per line. Add, change, or remove lines and confirm.

The multi-string editor

Figure: Editing a multi-string value.

Binary data​

REG_BINARY values are edited as a grid of hexadecimal bytes. Large binary values are supported.

The binary value editor

Figure: Editing a binary value as hexadecimal bytes.

Tips​

  • Only the value data is changed here; to change a value's name, use Rename instead (see Rename And Delete).
  • Export the key first if the value is important, so you can restore the previous data.
  • The stored number of a numeric value is independent of the input base you used.