How to Reset Registry Editor Default Position, Size, and Layout in Windows 10


System configuration information is stored centrally in a hierarchical database called the registry. The registry is a system-defined database in which applications and system components store and retrieve configuration data. The data stored in the registry varies according to the version of Microsoft Windows. Applications use the registry API to retrieve, modify, or delete registry data.

You can use Registry Editor to add and edit registry keys and values, restore the registry from a backup or to default values, and to import or export keys for reference or backup.

When you close Registry Editor, its current position, size, layout view, and currently opened key is saved by default so Registry Editor will open the exact same way as last closed the next time you open it.

This tutorial will show you to reset to default the open position, size, last key, and layout view of the Registry Editor window for your account in Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10.


EXAMPLE: Default open position, size, last key, and layout of Registry Editor




Here's How:

1 Close Registry Editor if currently open.

2 Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below.

Reset_Registry_Editor_position_size_and_layout-view_to_default.reg

Download

This registry file will delete the LastKey and View values in the registry key below to clear and reset them. These values will automatically be recreated the next time you close Registry Editor to save the current position, size, last key, and layout view of the Registry Editor window.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Regedit

3 Save the .reg file to your desktop.

4 Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.

5 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.

6 You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.


That's it,
Shawn

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