How to compact a registry hive?

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Published on 2010-04-14T19:36:22Z Indexed on 2010/04/14 19:43 UTC
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I'm using a (non-administrator) roaming profile, with a size limit of 4MB.

As you can imagine, it is extremely difficult to stay within that size limit.

I've noticed that NTUser.dat, which holds my HKEY_CURRENT_USER hive, is 2560KB, single-handedly using more than half of that limit.

Is there any way to shrink the hive without administrator privileges?
I don't mind losing any settings or preferences stored in it.

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