About Registry Explorer
Registry Explorer is a freeware program that is intended to replace regedit. This free software is a system tool that puts itself into Windows Explorer.
Current version
The current version of Registry Explorer is 1.4.4.
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Screenshot
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Features
- Total integration in Windows Explorer
- Drag and Drop
- Copy and Paste
- Multiple selection for export to file
- Create shortcuts to registry keys
- Add registry keys to your favorites
New features for version 1.1
- Edit a key’s security like in regedt32 (Windows 2000 only)
- Fully functional find
- Type registry keys in the address bar in the form of an URL
Example:
reg://HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE
(This example actually works with version 1.1 installed)
- New icons
New features for version 1.2
- Find in the whole registry
- Copy key name / Copy full key name
- Create inverse reg files (to delete keys/values)
- Type a registry key in the command prompt or Start/Run
Example:
Try typing “hklm/software”
In the command prompt, this has to be:
“start hklm/software”
- Move the registry folder to My Computer, Control Panel or a file system folder
- Compatibility with the microplanet reg url format
- Better uninstall (in the registry icon’s context menu)
- New graphics in web view
New for version 1.3
- Working on Windows XP
- Rename non-empty keys
- Extra columns in Details view
- Correct sorting on all columns in Details view
- Extra information in Web view
- You can now copy keys or values within the same key (Copy of…)
- Import/export binary values from/to file
- Getting Started Help
- Several smaller enhancements and bug fixes
New for version 1.4
- Create a backup of a key
- Restore a backup of a key
- Load and unload hives
- Better performance
- More stable than ever
- Several smaller enhancements and bug fixes
- Version 1.4.1 fixes a crash that appeared in 1.4.
- Version 1.4.2 fixes a crash when searching for files on Windows XP.
- Version 1.4.3 gives the text input box focus in the Search dialog.
- Version 1.4.4 has has some enhancements to the Search Results window: moving the columns, extra column with the value and some others.
Current limitations
Download
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Newsletter
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Reviews
Here are some independent reviews on Registry Explorer:
User opinions at CNet
Tweak of the week
Every week, the Registry Explorer team brings you a new registry tweak.
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Cool stuff
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Links
Want to know more about the registry? Here are some useful links.
