Registry Problem HELP!

[ZachSand]

I downloaded Microsoft Visual C++ Express. When I tried to create a new project it gave me an error saying that the project creation failed.

Somehow after a bit of looking for solutions I was suggested to do this
http://www.brianpeek.com/blog/archive/2007/11/29/weird-vista-registry-issue.aspx

At first my window looked like the second picture considered to be the "problem".

I changed it to match the first picture.

Now I can't open anything. When I try to open something I get this error: C/Windows/system32/CompMgmt.msc
"This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Create an association in the Set Associations control panel".
(The only way I had firefox opened, was it was up when I changed all the permissions)

I tried opening Run to go back and change it to what it was orignally, but I can't even open that.


I'm running Windows Vista 32 Bit.

Save me

 

[Cromewell]

What exactly did you do to make the second screenshot look like the first? Did you run "secedit /configure /cfg C:\Windows\inf\defltbase.inf /db defltbase.sdb /areas REGKEYS" from the command line or do something else?