Edit user's registry without logging in

The root key [HKEY_CURRENT_USER] in the registry stores the user information of the currently logged in user. Generally, the configuration information related to the current user is modified under this key. If you want to modify the configuration information of other users in the registry, you must first log in with the corresponding user account, and then modify it under the registry root key [HKEY_CURRENT_USER]. If you want to modify the configuration information of multiple users, you must log in once for each modification, which is very cumbersome. Is there a way to modify multiple other user configuration information under the current user? Have! Below I will introduce you to the specific modification method. Detailed steps are as follows:

first step: First, log on to a user account with administrator privileges, then open the Registry Editor, select the root key [HKEY_USERS]. Click the File menu and select Load Hive.

Step 2: In the "Open File" dialog box, navigate to the "X:\\Documents and Settings\\" directory. Where X represents the drive letter of the partition where the operating system is located, and username represents the username of the account to be modified.

Step 3: Select the NTUSER.DAT file and click the "Open" button. In the pop-up dialog box, enter a "project name", for example, you can use the user name of the account to be modified as the project name.

Step 4: At this time, under the root key [HKEY_USERS], a subkey named after the project name just entered is generated. Now, you can make the corresponding changes under this subkey.

Step 5: After the modification is completed, select the subkey you just created and select the “Unload Hive” command in the “File” menu to uninstall it.

Note: The subkeys that have already been loaded must be uninstalled before logging in with the modified account, otherwise an error will occur when loading the user profile. This method works with Windows XP.