Registry editor for external .reg files...?

esuhl

S0litaire wrote: »

it's been a while since i've used Regedit (make that 2 years!!) but think you can open them from within the program.
you might need to use regedit32 instead...

From XP onwards, regedt32.exe just loads regedit.exe.

I just had a quick search and it looks like you would use "load hive" to import the registry hive without overwriting any registry values.

Cool - hopefully that's the problem solved (once I can get the relevant file and create a suitable .reg file).

Thanks all :-)

esuhl

Argh!!! Foiled again! I've just asked my friend to send me the %SystemRoot%\System32\Config\SOFTWARE file from his PC, but although he can see the file in Windows Explorer, it doesn't appear in the "open file" dialogue when he tries to upload it via YouSendIt.com. The same happens if I try on my PC.

I also tried to zip the file, but get the error "File not found or no read permission". I just tried to make a copy to play with but get the message, "The action can't be completed because the file is open in System // Close the file and try again."

Is there an easy way round this...?

waddler_8

You'd have to do it outside of windows (RC/RE, linux CD etc). Copy it somewhere - desktop for instance - and have them upload that copy.

fwor

esuhl wrote: »

Is there an easy way round this...?

I guess it depends on your definition of easy. I'm fairly sure Windows itself has these files open exclusively locked - hence you will always get a sharing violation if you try to copy them.

As recommended way up there ^ have you tried using the reg.exe command?

For example within Windows I've just tried

reg export HKLM\software e:\software.reg

and that seems to export the whole of that part of the registry into a text file on my pendrive without any file errors.

I haven't tried, but I'd guess from there it should be easy to use the reg unload and reg load commands to extract and add from the registry once you know from the exported data what to look for.

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