Windows 10.
Let's start with the current version of Windows: the user has four main transition methods to the Registry Editor, each of which has a different sequence of actions, but leads to the same result. You can use the search in the Start menu to find the same application, run the "Run" utility, which by all of the same command will immediately redirect to the required menu, or to do a longer method, finding the executable file in the folder. By the way, this EXE format file can be saved as a shortcut on the desktop and to use in the future to quickly launch the registry editor, if you have to do often.
Read more: Opening Methods "Registry Editor" in Windows 10
Windows 7.
As for Windows 7, in this case there are no cardinal differences, all methods are relevant and the same in terms of a sequence of actions. However, some users who use this version of the operating system may seem incomprehensible search through the "Start", because in the "dozen" it still looks a little different. There is nothing terrible in this, because you can go to the following link to familiarize yourself with the steps and illustrations to them, made in the version of the OS version. So you definitely do not confuse and select a convenient method for the startup of the registry editor.
Read more: How to open the registry editor in Windows 7
Additional Information
It is important to understand that the "Registry Editor" stores important parameters directly related to the performance not only specific programs, but also the entire operating system. Do not once again delete incomprehensible files for you or edit their values. If you entered this menu to clear the registry from errors, refer to the article on the following link, where you will find thematic instructions and thanks to them exactly do not harm your computer.
Read more: How to Clean Windows Registry from Errors
If you have a suspicion that because of the interference in the registry, some errors could arise in Windows, restore its contents with one of the methods. To do this, proceed to reading one of the following articles by selecting it using the OS version used, and read the presented methods, implementing the one that will seem most appropriate.
Read more: Methods for restoring the system registry in Windows 10 / Windows 7
