You want to run regedit.

Original title: Regedit.exe

I wanted to run regedit. So I open the start menu and type in the search. I found 3 different regedit.exe 1 in C:\Windows\regedit.exe, C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regedit.exe, C:\Windows\winsxs\amd64_microsoft-windows-registry-editor_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7600.16385_none & _5023a70bf589ad3e\regedit.exe. Is this normal.

That sounds right, if you are running a 64 bit OS.

That 'account' is in the c:\windows folder.

The SysWOW64 folder (Windows on Windows) is where Windows keeps 32 bit copy of an application that may be required from time to time on your 64-bit system (files can be the same).  It makes sense that there might be files with the same name there so if a 32-bit version of a file is needed for any reason where Windows can find it.  There is no SysWOW64 folder on 32-bit systems.

The winsxs (windows side by side) represents what is called the "parts store" and is used to support the functions necessary for customization and the update of Windows (TechNet).  It is full of stuff for versions, languages and other things that you will never have any use for and sometimes people think it takes too much HARD drive space, so there are now a few tools (MS and third-party tools) to reduce the size.

These two usually take care of them and if you do a little reading you know more than me about them.

When you choose to run regedit.exe to be launched will be the only one in the c:\windows folder, and most of the other executables, you can use (those ending in .exe) in the c:\windows\system32 folder.

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