Open ntuser.dat and opera question

[Magnum]

Is there a way to copy ntuser.dat to another drive and open it ?

Is there a way to import FF bookmarks into Opera without them going into a Firefox submenu ?

[Gunner]

In Opera press Ctrl+Shift+B to open bookmarks manager.  Click file, then import FF bookmarks

[Magnum]

You didn't understand me.

I know about what you posted, but it creates a Firefox link that you have to click several times to get to the bookmarks.

[Gunner]

Open explorer, goto the folder that your FF bookmarks are in, right click your FF bookmark file and select copy... now go into Opera bookmark manager, select file, select import FF bookmarks, and in the file field, paste what you copied.  There is no magic way, opera needs the path to your FF bookmarks.

[Magnum]

[Vortex]

Hi Magnum,

You can load ntuser.dat as a registry hive. First, restart your computer to unload safely your profile and logon as a different account with admin rights. Go to your C:\Documents and Settings\UserName folder and copy the .dat file to another location. Let's assume that we copied the .dat file to C:\test

At the command prompt :

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reg load HKLM\MyRegSettings C:\test\ntuser.dat

Now, you can run regedit.exe and examine the hive named MyRegSettings under HKLM. Later, you can unload this hive:

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reg unload HKLM\MyRegSettings

[Magnum]

Thanks Vortex, I will try it out.

[dedndave]

you can do it inside RegEdit, as well

open RegEdit
select either HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE or HKEY_USERS by left-clicking in the left pane
then, File Menu - Load Hive
give it a temporary name that will not conflict
the hive you loaded will appear under the selected hive as you named it
when you are done, File Menu - Unload Hive

there is also a tool by Michal Mutl that i sometimes use when i want to view hives from a non-boot drive
http://www.mitec.cz/wrr.html