Regfile-compatibility

[FlippX]

Hello everyone,

I was just wondering if there is a way to "compile" incompatible regfiles (intended to work on newer WIN-OSes) for win98se (+KEX etc.) ?!?

Maybe even a program, that does this job??!

Or even better, is there a way to make the registry compatible to new files...?!?

Here is an example regfile from "Pure Data" that doesn't work:

"

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Pd-extended]

"flags"=""

"loadlib1"="libdir"

"loadlib2"="Gem"

"loadlib3"="cyclone"

"loadlib4"="zexy"

"loadlib5"="creb"

"loadlib6"="cxc"

"loadlib7"="iemlib"

"loadlib8"="list-abs"

"loadlib9"="mapping"

"loadlib10"="markex"

"loadlib11"="maxlib"

"loadlib12"="memento"

"loadlib13"="mjlib"

"loadlib14"="motex"

"loadlib15"="oscx"

"loadlib16"="pddp"

"loadlib17"="pdogg"

"loadlib18"="pixeltango"

"loadlib19"="pmpd"

"loadlib20"="rradical"

"loadlib21"="sigpack"

"loadlib22"="smlib"

"loadlib23"="toxy"

"loadlib24"="unauthorized"

"loadlib25"="vbap"

"loadlib26"="pan"

"loadlib27"="hcs"

"loadlib28"="jmmmp"

"loadlib29"="ext13"

"loadlib30"="ggee"

"loadlib31"="iem_anything"

"loadlib32"="flib"

"loadlib33"="ekext"

"loadlib34"="flatspace"

"nloadlib"=34

; delete any previous loadlib flags

"loadlib35"=-

"loadlib36"=-

"loadlib37"=-

"loadlib38"=-

"loadlib39"=-

"loadlib40"=-

"loadlib41"=-

"loadlib42"=-

"loadlib43"=-

"loadlib44"=-

"loadlib45"=-

"loadlib46"=-

"loadlib47"=-

"loadlib48"=-

"loadlib49"=-

"loadlib50"=-

"loadlib51"=-

"loadlib52"=-

"loadlib53"=-

"loadlib54"=-

"loadlib55"=-

"loadlib56"=-

"loadlib57"=-

"loadlib58"=-

"loadlib59"=-

"loadlib60"=-

"loadlib61"=-

"loadlib62"=-

"loadlib63"=-

"loadlib64"=-

"loadlib65"=-

"loadlib66"=-

"loadlib67"=-

"loadlib68"=-

"loadlib69"=-

"loadlib70"=-

"loadlib71"=-

"loadlib72"=-

"loadlib73"=-

"loadlib74"=-

"loadlib75"=-

"loadlib76"=-

"loadlib77"=-

"loadlib78"=-

"loadlib79"=-

"loadlib80"=-

"loadlib81"=-

"loadlib82"=-

"loadlib83"=-

"loadlib84"=-

"loadlib85"=-

"loadlib86"=-

"loadlib87"=-

"loadlib88"=-

"loadlib89"=-

"loadlib90"=-

"loadlib91"=-

"loadlib92"=-

"loadlib93"=-

"loadlib94"=-

"loadlib95"=-

"loadlib96"=-

"loadlib97"=-

"loadlib98"=-

"loadlib99"=-

"loadlib100"=-

"path1"=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,00,2f,00,46,00,6f,00,6e,00,74,00,73,00,00,00

"npath"=1

; delete all existing path flags

"path2"=-

"path3"=-

"path4"=-

"path5"=-

"path6"=-

"path7"=-

"path8"=-

"path9"=-

"path10"=-

"path11"=-

"path12"=-

"path13"=-

"path14"=-

"path15"=-

"path16"=-

"path17"=-

"path18"=-

"path19"=-

"path20"=-

"path21"=-

"path22"=-

"path23"=-

"path24"=-

"path25"=-

"path26"=-

"path27"=-

"path28"=-

"path29"=-

"path30"=-

"path31"=-

"path32"=-

"path33"=-

"path34"=-

"path35"=-

"path36"=-

"path37"=-

"path38"=-

"path39"=-

"path40"=-

"path41"=-

"path42"=-

"path43"=-

"path44"=-

"path45"=-

"path46"=-

"path47"=-

"path48"=-

"path49"=-

"path50"=-

"path51"=-

"path52"=-

"path53"=-

"path54"=-

"path55"=-

"path56"=-

"path57"=-

"path58"=-

"path59"=-

"path60"=-

"path61"=-

"path62"=-

"path63"=-

"path64"=-

"path65"=-

"path66"=-

"path67"=-

"path68"=-

"path69"=-

"path70"=-

"path71"=-

"path72"=-

"path73"=-

"path74"=-

"path75"=-

"path76"=-

"path77"=-

"path78"=-

"path79"=-

"path80"=-

"path81"=-

"path82"=-

"path83"=-

"path84"=-

"path85"=-

"path86"=-

"path87"=-

"path88"=-

"path89"=-

"path90"=-

"path91"=-

"path92"=-

"path93"=-

"path94"=-

"path95"=-

"path96"=-

"path97"=-

"path98"=-

"path99"=-

"path100"=-

; delete all existing path flags

"

..quite long..

Greets Flipp

[CharlesF]

If you replace the first line by:

REGEDIT4 (instead of Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00)

and leave 2 empty lines at the end of the file

your regfile will be read, and Windows 9x will create the registry keys

but the "compatibility" will depend of if the software is able to use those keys in this OS.

[FlippX]

..its not too late..

Thanks that worked, roughly..

One has to delete the ",00" in the

"path1"=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,00,2f,00, 46,00,6f,00,6e,00,74,00,73,00,00,00

-path, to make it compatible again..