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Accidental delete registry value

by katiebug57 Jul 30, 2007 8:13AM PDT

Was looking for something in the registry (dde) to get rid of the "locate link browser" problem in Outlook.

I went to the area of the registry where the dde file had been listed before; it was not there (which was good), but I accidentally deleted the file before the dde file and now I cannot get links to open from Outlook into the internet.

Any suggestions? Can't believe this happened. And no, I didn't back up the registry, mainly 'cause I don't know how.

Katie

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System Restore will do it. . .
by Coryphaeus Jul 30, 2007 8:55AM PDT

Pick a date.

No one regularly backs up the registry anymore. XP does it every 24 machine hours and before updates and program installs. Just pick the closest day and restore.

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try to
by Gzim-Berisha Jul 30, 2007 8:58AM PDT

try to back the things that happened with system restore
run(restore)
about every registry cleaner creates a restore point before acting.
or reinstall microsoft office.
the reinstall would fix every problem.

g.berisha

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Outlook reinstall
by katiebug57 Jul 30, 2007 10:22AM PDT

Thought about that, but don't know how to save all the data. I did an Outlook search, but couldn't figure things out.

Will try to system restore.

Katie

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you wont need to.
by Me, Myself and You Jul 30, 2007 1:16PM PDT

Repairing outlook shouldnt delete your "data" - it will just fill in whats missing. Or, it should.

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Do you mean...
by katiebug57 Jul 30, 2007 1:48PM PDT

repair or reinstall? Don't know how to "repair" Outlook and the thought of reinstalling it sounded horrendous and like a lot of lost info.

Went ahead and restored the system to two days ago, and that took care of the problem.

Thanks, everyone, for the help.

Katie

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by Me, Myself and You Jul 30, 2007 1:49PM PDT

ah well, there you go.

you run office setup, and select to REPAIR components, for future reference.

Happy computing.

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