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Registry Key Locator and Access tool
IainB:
Thanks for this interesting thread.
Just for completeness, here are some notes about and links to the main tools mentioned by @questorfla:
* Listary: Sophisticated and powerful search utility for Windows. Listary (FREE) and Listary Pro (Paid) - http://www.listary.com/
Integrates with and augments various file managers.
Makes file browsing/searching flexible, specific or fuzzy. Has a minimalist UI.
Starting to type parts of a file/folder name initiates a very fast search and result.
Needs to be trialled to be appreciated.
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* ECMenu: Extremely useful context (Right-click) menu manager/editor (FREE from Sordum.org) - Easy Context Menu v1.6
Needs to be trialled to be appreciated.
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* RegJump: A very handy command-line tool (FREE from Sysinternals) to jump to the registry path you specify in Regedit - RegJump
Takes a registry path and makes Regedit open to that path. It accepts root keys in standard (e.g. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE) and abbreviated form (e.g. HKLM).
usage: regjump <<path>|-c>
-c Copy path from clipboard.
e.g.: regjump HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows
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* Clipout: A small command-line utility (FREE from jasonfaulkner.com) that outputs/writes the text contents of the Windows Clipboard to the command line console/standard out. If the clipboard does not contain text, no output is produced. A practical usage of this tool is demonstrated in a How-To Geek feature article How to Send the Contents of the Clipboard to a Text File via the Send to Menu
* Nircmd: A small command-line utility (FREE from NirSoft) that allows you to do some useful tasks without displaying any user interface. By running NirCmd with simple command-line option, you can write and delete values and keys in the Registry, write values into INI file, dial to your internet account or connect to a VPN network, restart windows or shut down the computer, create shortcut to a file, change the created/modified date of a file, change your display settings, turn off your monitor, open the door of your CD-ROM drive, and more.
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As a result of reading this thread, I am now trialling Listary with Windows Explorer and xplorer².
One tool that should probably also be mentioned in the context here is:
* RegScanner: A small utility (FREE from NirSoft) that allows you to scan the Registry, find the desired Registry values that match to the specified search criteria, and display them in one list. After finding the Registry values, you can easily jump to the right value in RegEdit, simply by double-clicking the desired Registry item. You can also export the found Registry values into a .reg file that can be used in RegEdit.
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Stoic Joker:
One tool that should probably also be mentioned in the context here is:RegScanner: A small utility (FREE from NirSoft) that allows you to scan the Registry, find the desired Registry values that match to the specified search criteria, and display them in one list. After finding the Registry values, you can easily jump to the right value in RegEdit, simply by double-clicking the desired Registry item. You can also export the found Registry values into a .reg file that can be used in RegEdit.
-IainB (May 17, 2016, 04:16 AM)
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Search registry by string and/or value modification date/time ... Wow...I think I have a new favorite toy!
4wd:
There's also the AutoIt script: RegJumper
Can run from CLI or double-click it, it'll load regedit at the position of a key in the clipboard. If the key doesn't exist it'll offer to load the parent.
If you hold down Left SHIFT while double-clicking it'll load regedit with the root otherwise it'll load at the last key opened, (if clipboard has no key).
Keys opened by RegJumper are added to the Favorites menu.
And the source is available if you want to play with it.
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