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Curt:
I've rediscovered NirSoft (Nir Sofer Software),
and their RegScanner and so many other small, but fine and free programs.

Description:

RegScanner is a small utility 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.

Advantages over RegEdit find of Windows:

RegScanner utility display the entire search result at once, so you don't have to press F3 in order to find the next value.

In addition to the standard string search (Like in RegEdit), RegScanner can also find Registry values by data length, value type (REG_SZ, REG_DWORD, and so on), and by modified date of the key.

RegScanner can find a unicode string located inside a binary value.

RegScanner allows you to make a case sensitive search.

While scanning the Registry, RegScanner display the current scanned Registry key, as opposed to RegEdit, that simply display a boring "Searching the registry" dialog-box.
 
Using RegScanner:
RegScanner is a standalone executable, and it doesn't require any installation process or additional DLLs. In order to start using it, just run the executbale file - regscanner.exe
After running RegScanner, you should select the desired scan/search options.
There are 2 main scan modes:

Load all keys and values starting from the base key:
If you select this option, all values under the specified key and its subkeys will be loaded. For example, You can view all Internet Explorer settings of the current user, by loading all values under HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer.

Load only values match to the following find criteria:
If you select this option, only values that match to the specified find string will be loaded.

- In addition to the above options, you can also filter the scanned Registry values by key modified date, by value data length, or by value type.

Searching DWORD/Binary values:
Starting from version 1.40, you can search DWORD/Binary values. In order to specify a DWORD value to search, you can type (In the Find string text-box) a decimal value (for example: 255) or an hexadecimal value (for example: 0xff).
In order to specify a binary value that you want to search, type (In the Find string text-box) a sequence of hexadecimal bytes, with or without spaces between them.
For example:
013fc7a127cc4a
01 3f c7 a1 27 cc 4a

Searching the Registry in a remote computer:
Starting from version 1.40, you can search the Registry in a remote computer on your network. In order to do that, you should login to the remote computer with admin user. Also, be aware that searching the Registry in a remote computer might be quite slow.

Notice about transition effects:
If you want that RegEdit will be opened as fast as possible with the right Registry value, you should disable the 'transition effects' on your system. (On Windows 2000, go to the 'Display Properties' window, select the 'Effects' tab, and uncheck the 'Use transition effects...' option.

Versions History
New to version 1.40 (21/09/2006):

New search option: Registry item contains the specified DWORD value.
New search option: Registry item contains the specfied binary value
New option: Scan a remote computer.
New option: Copy the selected key to the clipbard (Ctrl+K).
As opposed to previous versions that only scanned the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and HKEY_CURRENT_USER keys, now you can also choose to search under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, HKEY_USERS, and HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG.

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Your favorite Registry Viewer + Editor?
Its not advanced, but might be sufficient for most.

TucknDar:
Many of the NirSoft utilities have been essential for several years for me. Excellent software!

skywalka:
Maybe Registry Explorer is worth a mention.  http://www.regxplor.com/

I like the fact that I can just copy a registry key and paste it into Windows Explorer.

The only thing I don't like about it is that it defaults to the Windows Explorer view.  In my case this is the thumbnails view which makes multiple edits a pain.

cdblu:
registry workshop..worth trying..not freeware though..i've been using it for few months now..among notable features it has..undo history, registry backup and restore, export values or keys or both, command line support, bookmarks, favourite, compare registry, multiple local registry window, edit registry file etc.

screenshot here: _http://www.torchsoft.com/en/rw_screenshot.html

Curt:
registry workshop..worth trying..not freeware though

screenshots here: http://www.torchsoft.com/en/rw_screenshot.html
-cdblu (March 26, 2007, 06:00 AM)
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- yes, this $30 Registry Workshop seems worth trying  :up:

Key Features:
 
   Multiple undo and redo. The undo history can be saved to disk and reloaded at startup. screen shot

 Search and replace registry keys, values and data with super fast search algorithm. On a typical PC, you can search the entire registry in about ten seconds! screen shot

 Compare registry between computers and/or .REG files with super fast speed.

 Connect mobile device (Pocket PC, SmartPhone, etc.) registry via ActiveSync.

 Cut, copy and paste registry keys and values.

 Drag and drop to move or copy registry keys and values.

 Edit .REG files and .POL files in the same way as editing system registry.

 Backup and restore registry.

 Defragment registry with preview.

 Easy and flexible Favorites management.

 Quickly browse registry with address bar, bookmarks and visitation history.

 Support of linkage aware ability. You can use context menu to navigate to referenced key, open containing folder or open URL if the key or value contains a ProgID, ClassID, folder, file path or URL.

 Jump to the same key in HKLM or HKCU by context menu.

 Allow to open multiple local registry windows.

 Allow to open secure registry keys when running under the administrator privilege.

 Edit binary data in BYTE, WORD or DWORD format.
 
   
  System Requirements
Windows NT 4.0 (Service Pack 6)
Windows 2000
Windows XP (32-bit and 64-bit)
Windows 2003 (32-bit and 64-bit)
Windows Vista (32-bit and 64-bit)
 

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