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Can this be *REMOVED* or *DELETED* from the registry ?

Posted: 07-29-2003, 12:29 AM
rtdos \(status@rtdos.info\)
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Under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT i have the following two keys (and several like it):

FaxServer.FaxServer
and
FaxServer.FaxServer.1

Is it ok delete "FaxServer.FaxServer.1" and all registry entries like it?
They appear to be duplicated where the "xx.1" is only the backup?


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Re: Can this be *REMOVED* or *DELETED* from the registry ?
Posted: 07-29-2003, 02:01 PM
Does this go for NON-Microsoft stuff as well?


"Tom Porterfield" <tpporter@mvps.org> wrote in message news:<#hZej0bVDHA.2000@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl>...
> rtdos (status@rtdos.info) wrote:
> > Under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT i have the following two keys (and several like
> > it):
> >
> > FaxServer.FaxServer
> > and
> > FaxServer.FaxServer.1
> >
> > Is it ok delete "FaxServer.FaxServer.1" and all registry entries like
> > it? They appear to be duplicated where the "xx.1" is only the backup?
>
> Those aren't backups, they are the version dependent variations. If you
> only have one version of the program that supports the FaxServer.FaxServer
> interface then the two keys will appear identical. However the .1 version
> allows for a .2, .3, etc. Meaning they could upgrade the program to newer
> versions while supporting backwards compatibility with previous versions
> since the information for all of the versions can be stored in the
> registry in separate keys. Generally the non-versioned key, in your case
> FaxServer.FaxServer, would be equal to the latest version.
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Re: Can this be *REMOVED* or *DELETED* from the registry ?
Posted: 07-29-2003, 02:53 PM
rtdos (status@rtdos.info) wrote:
>Under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT i have the following two keys (and several like it):
>
>FaxServer.FaxServer
>and
>FaxServer.FaxServer.1
>
>Is it ok delete "FaxServer.FaxServer.1" and all registry entries like it?
>They appear to be duplicated where the "xx.1" is only the backup?
>
>
>
>
i'm pretty sure FaxServer is a service within Windows that allows your
computer to receive/intercept incoming fax calls, and send them out
through your modem.

You wouldn't really need to delete the registry entries for it, just
disable the service if you don't want it running. However, if you know
for sure that those entries are for something else, do as you please. :-)
joe t.

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Re: Can this be *REMOVED* or *DELETED* from the registry ?
Posted: 07-30-2003, 02:53 AM
status@rtdos.info wrote:
>>> Is it ok delete "FaxServer.FaxServer.1" and all registry entries like
>>> it? They appear to be duplicated where the "xx.1" is only the backup?
>>
>> Those aren't backups, they are the version dependent variations.
> Does this go for NON-Microsoft stuff as well?
Yes. This is the way programs that use the COM model work. Any software
development company can take advantage of this technology when writing
programs for the Windows platform.
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