>If you change a registry key for a third party software package, so that
>the key points to another folder instead of the windows directory, what effect will it have on the windows 2000 server? The key only contains a search path to a file, which the third party software will use. It has not effect on the windows core files.
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>Will it cause the server to stop responding? Will the server not boot up after changing the key?

As long as the file exists in the specified path, I would seriously doubt you would have any problems.