Changing registry paths

[Barbega]

One of my programs is looking for another program in the wrong registry folder and thus says its not installed.
So im trying to transfer the keys "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\blah blah blah″ to "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\blah blah blah″. but i have no idea what to do.

I run Regedit and then im stuck. any one know how to change these keys?

[Paulst30]

The problem is that a program doesnt just place one registry key in a specific place, it has entries all over, so to define which key this program needs would be hard unless it told you. But to be honest messing around in the registry without knowing what your doing is like opening up the side panel of your case and randomly pulling wires out of your motherboard while its still plugged in.

My advice would be to delve more deeper into the problem and maybe if you re-installed the program it can then place the correct entry to where it should be.

[mikeyp]

Reinstalling the program sounds like a good idea.

If you are sure you want to copy the registry entry. I'd duplicate the entry in both places, I can't see two entries in different places causing a problem.

First of all, use system restore to set a restore point. Then go into the registry editor and find the key you want. Right click, and click export. Select a file somewhere. Then close the registry editor. Open up your newly created .reg file in notepad, and change the key you mentioned above to the one you want. Then simply save, quit, and double click the file.

I'm not really sure what is causing your program to look in the wrong place, but if you think copying the registry entry to somewhere else will work give it a go.