How to access the Registry

I can't find it. The "Registry" subfolder is empty. In fact, a lot of the subfolders are empty. Does this make sense?       

ADDITION.

I tried importing (several different ways) from the Windows7List but it still won't appear. In fact, one of the ways brought up a repeat message about the corrupt file. I could delete the folder and create a new one with the same name. Do you think that might help?

I have not come across that and some folders might really be empty and that may not be a problem.

I deleted my task, then the Registry folder - the made a new folder called Registry and imported RegIdleBackup into the new folder and it seemed to work okay so that looks like a good idea from here.

What results do you get if you use the RepairTasks Scan function again - does it report issues if you just Scan again?

This is a bit peculiar. If I try to import the right task into the Registry folder, either nothing happens, or I get the corrupt message. The window remains blank, however. If I try to delete the Registry folder, either nothing happens, or I get the message "You must delete all tasks and subfolders from the folder before the folder can be deleted."

I've accessed the Advanced Explorer option in regedit and the Superhidden key has the correct value of 1.

So there seems to be a task in the Registry folder which I can't see or delete.

I've run another scan with Repair Tasks. Here are the results:

Task not installed: Microsoft\Windows\AppID\EDP Policy Manager

Task not installed: Microsoft\Windows\AppID\SmartScreenSpecific

Task not installed: Microsoft\Windows\CertificateServicesClient\AikCertEnrollTask

Task not installed: Microsoft\Windows\CertificateServicesClient\CryptoPolicyTask

Task not installed: Microsoft\Windows\CertificateServicesClient\KeyPreGenTask

Task image corrupt: Microsoft\Windows\CertificateServicesClient\SystemTask

Task image corrupt: Microsoft\Windows\CertificateServicesClient\UserTask

Task image corrupt: Microsoft\Windows\Customer Experience Improvement Program\KernelCeipTask

Task image corrupt: Microsoft\Windows\Customer Experience Improvement Program\UsbCeip

Task image corrupt: Microsoft\Windows\Defrag\ScheduledDefrag

Task image corrupt: Microsoft\Windows\Diagnosis\Scheduled

Task image corrupt: Microsoft\Windows\DiskDiagnostic\Microsoft-Windows-DiskDiagnosticDataCollector

Task image corrupt: Microsoft\Windows\Location\Notifications

Task not installed: Microsoft\Windows\Location\WindowsActionDialog

Task image corrupt: Microsoft\Windows\Maintenance\WinSAT

Task not installed: Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\RunFullMemoryDiagnostic

Task image corrupt: Microsoft\Windows\MUI\LPRemove

Task image corrupt: Microsoft\Windows\PerfTrack\BackgroundConfigSurveyor

Task image corrupt: Microsoft\Windows\Power Efficiency Diagnostics\AnalyzeSystem

Task image corrupt: Microsoft\Windows\RAC\RacTask

Task image corrupt: Microsoft\Windows\Registry\RegIdleBackup

Task not installed: Microsoft\Windows\Shell\FamilySafetyMonitor

Task not installed: Microsoft\Windows\Shell\FamilySafetyRefresh

Task not installed: Microsoft\Windows\Shell\IndexerAutomaticMaintenance

Task image corrupt: Microsoft\Windows\Shell\WindowsParentalControls

Task image corrupt: Microsoft\Windows\SystemRestore\SR

Task image corrupt: Microsoft\Windows\Tcpip\IpAddressConflict1

Task image corrupt: Microsoft\Windows\Tcpip\IpAddressConflict2

Task not installed: Microsoft\Windows\Time Synchronization\ForceSynchronizeTime

Task image corrupt: Microsoft\Windows\Time Synchronization\SynchronizeTime

Task image corrupt: Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting\QueueReporting

Scan completed: 31 problems found

I'm still liking the idea of just getting one fixed if you can p to see how to do it.

The tasks are also stored here:

c:\windows\system32\tasks

There is a Microsoft folder under there and also a Windows\Registry folder with the XML file in it.

Maybe that is the clue to the message:

You must delete all tasks and subfolders from the folder before the folder can be deleted

You could rename the folder instead of deleting it*.*

I've about reached the edge of my actual experience on how to fix these things and am not giving up, but not sure how to go for the kill shot on at least one of the afflicted tasks except to keep poking at it until it behaves.

There is also support from the RepairTasks WWW site that might help.

I will check in on things tomorrow sometime and see what discoveries you have made.

Success!

I deleted the task in the new location you gave me, installed a new copy from the W7Task list, ran it, checked in the Regback folder, and all 5 files had uptodate times.

It's late and I have a busy morning, so I probably won't be able to see to the remaining tasks until tomorrow pm. I'll get back to you as soon as I can.

I'm very grateful for your help, and I'm delighted to be learning something important about computers.