To unload a hive from the registry
1. | Open Registry Editor |
2. | Select a hive that you have previously loaded onto your system. |
3. | On the File menu, click Unload Hive. |
Caution
| • | Incorrectly editing the registry may severely damage your system. Before making changes to the registry, you should back up any valued data on your computer. |
Note
| • | To open Registry Editor, click Start, click Run, type , and then click OK. |
| • | You must be logged on as an administrator or a member of the Administrators group in order to complete this procedure. If your computer is connected to a network, network policy settings may also prevent you from completing this procedure. |
| • | Load Hive and Unload Hive affect only the HKEY_USERS and HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE keys and are active only when these predefined keys are selected. When you load a hive into the registry, the hive becomes a subkey of one of these keys. |
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