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Microsoft Registry Tools

News	Free Registry Tools	Recommended Books	Recommended Links	Recommended Articles	Resource Kits
Regfind	Regedit	Reg	RegDmp	Regini	Regclean	Dureg
Microsoft Resource Kits	NT 4.0 Reskit	Windows 2000 Resource Kit	WinXP reskit	Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit	Humor	etc

Registry is a pretty complex and convoluted database. In all versions of Windows, the registry can accumulate obsolete or redundant entries. In older versions of Windows like windows 95 it was a real problem and users suffered from registries containing huge numbers of redundant entries. This slowed computer operations; and could even lead to crashes. that means that tools to help to navigate registry, search it, backup/restore it and clean it should be part of the any Windows user toolbox. In best Unix (or DOS) traditions such tools should be available as command line utilities and Microsoft does provide such tools for free. They are just difficult to find :-). The right place to look are Reskits.

The set of Microsoft registry tools in Reskits are still in the state of flux. They have overlapping functionality and it is not very clear what is exact or even major function for each utility due to this overlap. I have impression that in writing those utilities left hand did not know what right hand was doing: in other words there was no coherent strategy to provide those tools. When some Microsoft programmer feel a need for such a tool he wrote it and the best of those were packaged in the Resource Kits.

Also versions of the same tool for different version of Windows sometimes differ considerably. For example, the reg utility is different in NT Reskit v.1.1, Win2K Reskit v.2.0 and Win XP Reskit v.3.0.

Note: Free Registry Tools can often serve as a replacement of Microsoft registry tools.

An interesting series of articles about Windows registry was authored by Darren Mar-Elia, see Recommended Articles section

Notes:

This is a Spartan WHYFF (We Help You For Free) site written by people for whom English is not a native language. Some amount of grammar and spelling errors should be expected.
The site contain some broken links as it develops like a living tree... Please try to use Google, Open directory, etc. to find a replacement link (see HOWTO search the WEB for details). We would appreciate if you can mail us a correct link.

Google Search
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Old News ;-)

[Feb 24, 2007] REGFind: RegFind is a command-line tool with which you can search the Windows 2000 registry for arbitrary data, key names, or value names and optionally replace any of these with new values.

A command-line utility that permits Windows registry searching is Regfind.exe from the Windows 2000 Resource Kit. The tool enables you to search the registry data, key names, or value names on the local or a remote computer. Regfind.exe supports numerous arguments to help you refine the registry search, such to search for specific types of values or malformed REG_SZ and REG_EXPAND_SZ values.

[Oct 3, 2005] Monitoring and Troubleshooting the Registry by Darren Mar-Elia

[Jul 5, 2005] Sample Chapter from Microsoft® Windows XP® Registry Guide by Jerry Honeycutt Mapping Tweak UI

Command Prompt
If you're a command-line junkie like me, you'll appreciate file name and directory completion. The MS-DOS command prompt supports both of these features, but you have to enable them first. Table 5-27 describes the settings in the Command Prompt category in Tweak UI. Set the value CompletionChar to the keystroke you want to use for file name completion, and set the value PathCompletionChar to the keystroke you want to use for directory completion. You can use the same keystroke for both values. The value you use for key is the ASCII key code. Thus, Tab is 0x09. The value WordDelimiters is a string of characters that delimit words on the command line when you press Ctrl+Right Arrow or Ctrl+Left Arrow. Create these values if they don't exist.

Table 5-27 Values in Command Prompt

Setting Name Type Data

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor

File name completion CompletionChar REG_DWORD key

Directory completion PathCompletionChar REG_DWORD key

HKCU\Console

Word separators WordDelimiters REG_SZ separators

RegEditX - Tweaks for the Windows Registry Editor (REGEDIT) free beta

RegEditX makes your registry editing more productive than ever. RegEditX extends the standard Windows Registry Editor (REGEDIT), so you don't have to learn new ways of accomplishing tasks you already know how to perform. Just keep using the same familiar Registry Editor --- more efficiently.

Once you've tried RegEditX, you won't want to edit the registry any other way.

[Dec 11, 2004] Download Free Windows 2000 Resource Kit Tools some useful Win 2K reskit tools

REG: This tool enables you to add, change, delete, search, backup, restore, and perform other operations on registry entries from the command prompt or a batch file. It can be used on both local and remote computers. Note: This version of REG is in fact version 1.10 from the NT4 Resource Kit. It works with Windows 2000 but is not the version 2 that comes with the 2000 Reskit and is very much updated and with differing syntax to version 1.10, nor is it the version 3 that comes bundled with Windows XP (Thanks Pete!)
REGBack: Registry Backup - Registry Backup (RegBack) is a tool for backing up the Windows Registry to files without use of a tape drive. RegBack allows you to back up Registry hives while the system is running and has the hive files open.
REGFind: RegFind is a command-line tool with which you can search the Windows 2000 registry for arbitrary data, key names, or value names and optionally replace any of these with new values.
REGINI: Registry Change by Script - This tool uses character-based batch files to add keys to the Windows 2000 registry by specifying a registry script.
REGRest: Registry Restoration - Registry Restoration (RegRest) restores Registry hive files from backups created by RegBack.
Dureg: Registry Size Estimator - Shows how much data is stored in the registry, or in any registry subtree, key, or subkey.

[Nov 10, 2004] Viewing and Manipulating the Registry

Regdmp

Regdmp is a Resource Kit utility that works hand-in-hand with Regini. As its name implies, it is used to dump the contents of the Registry. It works similarly to the Regedit export feature and creates output that is compatible with Regini scripts. Regdmp uses the same subtree names as Regini to specify which Registry path you want to dump. Using Regdmp, you can create Regini input scripts based on actual Registry values. You can then modify the contents of Regdmp output to make any modifications you need to the Registry. Figure 10 shows an example of using Regdmp to export the contents of the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop key.

The command to generate this output and redirect it to a file is as follows:

regdmp "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop" desktop.ini

Windows 2000 Registry Management

How to Maintain Current Registry Backups in Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 318149 - The solution that is described in this article is not supported by Microsoft. Use this method at your own risk.
HOW TO: Use the Registry Size Estimator Tool (Dureg.exe)
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 317382 - This step-by-step article describes how to use the Registry Size Estimator tool (Dureg.exe) to determine the size of the registry on a Microsoft Windows 2000-based computer. Dureg.exe is included in the Microsoft Windows 2000 Resource Kit, and is also available for download from here
How to Use Regini.exe to Set Permissions on Registry Keys
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 237607 - This article describes how to use the Regini.exe tool in the Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Resource Kit to modify registry permissions from within a script.
Registry Maintenance
Sample Chapter 2 from Osborne's Admin 911: Windows 2000 Registry. If your registry becomes corrupt, confused, or misguided, it affects the health of your computer and your software, and it hinders your ability to get any work done. Sometimes a sick registry is the result of user action, caused by somebody mucking around without the proper respect for the delicacy of the registry. Just as often, registry problems occur as a result of software installation procedures, hardware configuration, or general system configuration changes. If you plan registry maintenance properly, and execute that plan regularly, you can rescue your computer from the clutches of a registry that no longer works properly. That's what this chapter is about.
Getting Rid of the Unwanted
Sample Chapter 8 from Mastering Windows 2000 Registry, published by Sybex, Inc.
System and Startup Settings
Sample Chapter 6 from Windows 2000 Registry, published by Prentice Hall, PTR. The Registry has much to do with the successful startup of Windows 2000. Once Windows 2000 starts, there are a number of settings you can modify in the Registry to control how the core operating system works, as well as to customize the startup process

Command Line Registry Edits

Reg.exe
Simple usage: REG operation <Parameter List> operation [ QUERY | ADD | UPDATE | DELETE | COPY | SAVE | BACKUP | RESTORE | LOAD | UNLOAD ]

For example: Reg add hkcu\software\testkey\testvalue=1 reg_dword \\testsr

Reg can access the whole of the registry and uses the codes HKCU, HKLM, HKCR, HKU and HKCC to refer to the various hives in the registry. Reg is not case-sensitive.

The Reg operations can be used with remote machines by adding the UNC name of the server to the end of the command line (see reg add /? for more help).

Reg can be found on the Resource Kit supplements. It provides much of the functionality of the previous utilities in a series of commands that are much like the Net command. One of the advantages of using Reg is that the syntax remains the same throughout the tool. It will also back up and restore the registry and provide the options to load and unload parts of the registry on the fly. However, Reg can't search the registry as Regfind can, and it has had its problems and revisions. For example, there was a problem with it not recognizing UNC machine names over 13 characters long, as it counted the two \\s as part of the name. It is advisable to download the latest version from supplements at ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/reskit/nt40/i386 as reg_x86.exe.

Download Free Windows 2000 Resource Kit Tools

REG: This tool enables you to add, change, delete, search, backup, restore, and perform other operations on registry entries from the command prompt or a batch file. It can be used on both local and remote computers. Note: This version of REG is in fact version 1.10 from the NT4 Resource Kit. It works with Windows 2000 but is not the version 2 that comes with the 2000 Reskit and is very much updated and with differing syntax to version 1.10, nor is it the version 3 that comes bundled with Windows XP (Thanks Pete!)

REGBack: Registry Backup - Registry Backup (RegBack) is a tool for backing up the Windows Registry to files without use of a tape drive. RegBack allows you to back up Registry hives while the system is running and has the hive files open.

REGFind: RegFind is a command-line tool with which you can search the Windows 2000 registry for arbitrary data, key names, or value names and optionally replace any of these with new values.

Regedit

Ch 10 -- Making Manual Changes to the Registry Using REGEDIT.EXE

Reg

Reg is a command-line tool called the Console Registry Tool for Windows. It allows you work with the Registry to query, change, add or delete, export and more. Reg tool is different in NT Reskit v.1.1, Win2K Reskit v.2.0 and Win XP Reskit v.3.0. Syntax:

REG Operation [Parameter List]

Operation [ QUERY | ADD | DELETE | COPY |SAVE | LOAD | UNLOAD | RESTORE |COMPARE | EXPORT | IMPORT ]

Return code except of REG COMPARE (see below): 0 - Succussful, 1 - Failed

For help on a specific operation type: REG Operation /? . Examples:

REG QUERY /?
REG ADD /?
REG DELETE /?
REG COPY /?
REG SAVE /?
REG RESTORE /?
REG LOAD /?
REG UNLOAD /?
REG COMPARE /?
REG EXPORT /?
REG IMPORT /?

The reg compare option replaces the CompReg utility that was available in NT 4.0’s Resource Kit and lets you compare the contents of keys or values on local and remote machines. See Darren Mar-Elia Monitoring and Troubleshooting the Registry for details:

Reg’s Compare Option

WinDiff is great if you want to compare dumps of two Registry trees. However, if you need to compare keys or values in real time against a running system’s Registry, you should familiarize yourself with the reg utility’s compare option. I first introduced reg in "Viewing and Manipulating the Registry," the third installment in this series. Reg is the Swiss Army knife of Registry tools. The reg compare option replaces the CompReg utility that was available in NT 4.0’s Resource Kit and lets you compare the contents of keys or values on local and remote machines.

As an example of how you can use reg’s compare option to compare two keys on the same machine, I compare the contents of HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop and HKEY_USERSÊ\.Default\Control Panel\Desktop. The command syntax for such a comparison follows:

reg compare "HKU\.Default\Control Panel\Desktop" "HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop" /s /od

The /s option tells CompReg to check subkeys and values that exist under each key specified. The /od option instructs reg to show only the differences between the two keys. The output of the above command follows:
< Value:  HKEY_USERS\.Default\Control Panel\Desktop  DragFullWindows  REG_SZ  2 
> Value:  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop  DragFullWindows  REG_SZ  1 
< Value:  HKEY_USERS\.Default\Control Panel\Desktop  PaintDesktopVersion  REG_DWORD  0x0 
> Value:  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop  PaintDesktopVersion  REG_DWORD  0x1 
< Value:  HKEY_USERS\.Default\Control Panel\Desktop  ScreenSaverIsSecure  REG_SZ  0 
> Value:  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop  ScreenSaverIsSecure  REG_SZ 1
< Value:  HKEY_USERS\.Default\Control Panel\Desktop  ScreenSaveTimeOut  REG_SZ 900 
> Value:  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop  ScreenSaveTimeOut  REG_SZ  600 
< Value:  HKEY_USERS\.Default\Control Panel\Desktop  SCRNSAVE.EXE  REG_SZ  logon.scr 
> Value:  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop  SCRNSAVE.EXE  REG_SZ  C:\WINNT\System32\logon.scr 
< Value:  HKEY_USERS\.Default\Control Panel\Desktop  Wallpaper  REG_SZ  (None)
> Value:  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop  Wallpaper  REG_SZ  \\n9990sfo 
\home\darren.marelia\My Pictures\pooky.bmp 
> Value:  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop  WallpaperStyle  REG_SZ  0 
< Value:  HKEY_USERS\.Default\Control Panel\Desktop  BorderWidth  REG_SZ  1 
> Value:  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop  BorderWidth  REG_SZ  -15
< Value:  HKEY_USERS\.Default\Control Panel\Desktop  IconSpacing  REG_SZ  75 
> Value:  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop  IconSpacing  REG_SZ  -1125 
> Value:  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop  Shell Icon Size  REG_SZ  32

Result Compared:  Different 
As you can see, the command I typed found a number of differences under the desktop key. The greater than and less than signs at the beginning of each line indicate to which key the line belongs. The next piece of data tells you the value name and what type of value it is (e.g., REG_SZ). Finally, the number or text at the end indicates the actual data within the value for each of the compared keys.

XP commandline registry tool

i386 Resource KitCommand Line Registry Tool REG.EXE REG.EXEThis commands queries, adds, updates, deletes, copys, saves, backups, restores, loads and unloads:

QUERY option
Explain to determine the Service Pack on a local machine
reg query "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\CSDVersion"

Returns : REG_SZ CSDVersion Service Pack 5

To query on a remote machine just add to the end of the comand line the machine name such as:
reg query "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\CSDVersion" \\REMOTESERVER

LOAD and UNLOAD
Loads a registry hive in and out of the registry

SAVE and BACKUP
Both SAVE and BACKUP are identical.
For use for saving hives

RESTORE
For use for restoring hives

RegDmp

This command-line tool writes all or part of the Windows 2000 registry to the standard output (STDOUT). This output is displayed on the screen by default, but can also be redirected to a file. The output format is suitable for input to Regini.exe, another Windows 2000 Resource Kit tool.

RegDmp provides the following general information:

User name and domain membership.
Profile information (local versus roaming).
Security group membership.

The tool also provides the following Group Policy information:

The last time policy was applied for both the user and the computer.
The complete list of applied Group Policy objects and their details including a summary of the extensions that each Group Policy object contains.
Registry settings that were applied and their details.
Redirected folders that are and their details.

To access some parts of the registry, you must be a member of the Administrators group.

File Required Regdmp.exe. Command line options:

regdmp [{-m \\ComputerName | -h HiveFile HiveRoot | -w Directory}] [-i n] [-o OutputWidth] [-s] [RegistryPath]

Where:

-m \\ComputerName: specifies a remote Windows 2000 computer (machine) whose registry is to be manipulated.
-h HiveFile HiveRoot: specifies a local hive to manipulate.
-w Directory: specifies the paths to system.dat and user.dat files.
-i n: specifies the display indentation multiple. Default is 4.
-o OutputWidth: specifies how wide the output is to be. By default OutputWidth is set to the width of the console window, if standard output (STDOUT) has not been redirected to a file. In the latter case, an OutputWidth of 240 is used.
-s: specifies summary output, which includes value names, types and first line of data.
[RegistryPath]: specifies the point in the registry from which to start dumping. All entries below this point in the registry hierarchy are also dumped. If no path is specified, RegDmp dumps the entire registry, which can produce very lengthy output.
If the path contains spaces, it must be surrounded by quotations marks:
"Registry Path With Spaces"
When specifying a registry path, either on the command line or in an input file, the following prefix strings can be used:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
HKEY_USERS
HKEY_CURRENT_USER
USER:
Each of these strings can stand alone as the key name or be followed a BACKSLASH and a subkey path

Examples:

C:\>regdmp "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run"

Viewing and Manipulating the Registry

Regdmp

Regdmp is a Resource Kit utility that works hand-in-hand with Regini. As its name implies, it is used to dump the contents of the Registry. It works similarly to the Regedit export feature and creates output that is compatible with Regini scripts. Regdmp uses the same subtree names as Regini to specify which Registry path you want to dump. Using Regdmp, you can create Regini input scripts based on actual Registry values. You can then modify the contents of Regdmp output to make any modifications you need to the Registry. Figure 10 shows an example of using Regdmp to export the contents of the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop key.

The command to generate this output and redirect it to a file is as follows:

regdmp "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop" >desktop.ini

Regini

[Sept 28, 2004] Distributing Registry Changes in Windows 2000

If scripts are your favorite tools for configuration and setup tasks, you can use regini.exe to apply your scripting skills to registry edits. Regini provides more power than .reg files can muster, including the ability to delete subkeys and data items and to set permissions on registry keys. You can find Regini in the Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Resource Kit and the Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Resource Kit. (I've successfully used the Win2K version of regini.exe on NT machines, and vice versa.)

The resource kits also contain full documentation (i.e., regini.doc) for this nifty utility. Regini uses the following syntax:

regini <ScriptFileName>

where ScriptFileName is the path to a script file you've written to perform a specific registry edit. You can use Uniform Naming Convention (UNC) in the path statement if the script is on a network share.

To distribute registry changes that use Regini, you must make the program available to each target computer (assuming that you haven't installed the resource kits across your enterprise). You can use a batch file to map Regini's UNC path and then run the program. For example, if Regini resides on a network share named ResKit on a server named Tools1, you can create the following batch file:

Net use x: \\tools1\reskit
x:\ regini <ScriptFileName>
Net use x: /delete

Script File Guidelines

The script file you use with Regini can have any name and extension you want. The file must be in ANSI format; regini.exe converts the file to Unicode when it reads the file, but you can't use a Unicode text file as the script file. (Microsoft should fix this limitation.) Registry commands in this script file must use the following syntax:

\Registry\<KeyPath> [<ACL>]
<DataItemName> = <DataType> <DataValue>

The presence of an equal sign in a line indicates that the line contains a registry data item and a value that you're adding, deleting, or modifying.

Lines in the script must have a carriage return at the end. If a line wraps, which usually happens when the registry key is deeply nested and therefore very long, the continuation symbol is a backslash. So, if you enter

Something\
Morestuff\
Evenmore

regini.exe reads the line as SomethingMorestuff Evenmore. Note that the space before the backslash on the second line inserts a space between Morestuff and Evenmore. If no space is required (i.e., if the point at which the wrapping occurs isn't a natural space such as the space within the name of a subkey), omit the space before the backslash.

The first line of each registry command contains the KeyPath variable, which is the full path to the key you're manipulating. If the key doesn't exist in the registry when you run the script, the command will add it. Regini.exe uses the kernel naming conventions for registry subtrees, and you can either enter kernel names in your script or use standard subtree names and let regini.exe translate them. (The kernel conventions are easier to type.) The kernel naming conventions for subtrees are as follows:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE is \Registry\Machine

HKEY_USERS is \Registry\User

HKEY_CURRENT_USER is \Registry\User\User_SID

The first line can also contain an optional ACL variable. You can include this variable to manipulate ACL permissions instead of, or in addition to, keys and data items. The ACL data comes after the KeyPath variable and consists of a series of numbers separated by spaces and enclosed within square brackets. (Table 2 lists these numbers and their meanings.) For example, the following command:

\Registry\machine\system\currentcontrolset [1 11 17]

assigns Administrators Full Access, Power Users Full Access, and System Full Access permissions to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SYSTEM \CurrentControlSet registry subkey.

Table 2 ACL Number Definitions

Number Permissions for the Target Registry Key

1

Administrators Full Access

2

Administrators Read Access

3

Administrators Read and Write Access

4

Administrators Read, Write, and Delete Access

5

Creator Full Access

6

Creator Read and Write Access

7

World Full Access

8

World Read Access

9

World Read and Write Access

10

World Read, Write, and Delete Access

11

Power Users Full Access

12

Power Users Read and Write Access

13

Power Users Read, Write, and Delete Access

14

System Operators Full Access

15

System Operators Read and Write Access

16

System Operators Read, Write, and Delete Access

17

System Full Access

18

System Read and Write Access

19

System Read Access

20

Administrators Read, Write, and Execute Access

21

Interactive User Full Access

22

Interactive User Read and Write Access

23

Interactive User Read, Write, and Delete Access

Watch out: This feature is dangerous if you don't understand the way it works. When you use this feature, you aren't adding the ACL permissions that you enclose within the brackets—you're resetting the ACLs. The data within the brackets replaces any existing data. Don't use this feature unless you first check the existing ACL for the key you're manipulating. (You can use regedt32 to view the ACL.) Otherwise, you might accidentally eliminate or modify permissions for a group.

The second line contains the information for the data item you're manipulating: DataItemName is the name of the data item and consists of every character from the first nonblank character on the line to the last nonblank character before the equal sign. You don't need to use a special format (e.g., enclosing the name in quotation marks) to handle data items with spaces. If the data item doesn't exist in the registry when you run the script, the command will add it.

DataType is the data type for the data item. Regini recognizes the text to the right of the equal sign, up to the first space, as the data type.

DataValue represents the value you're applying to the data item. This value begins with the first nonblank character following the space after the data type and continues to the end of the line. You don't need to use any special handling to specify spaces within a value.

Regini.exe expects the data type and its accompanying value in your script to match certain standards. These standards are as follows:

REG_SZ or REG_EXPAND_SZ for string values.

REG_MULTI_SZ for multiple strings. You must surround each string with quotation marks.

REG_DWORD for decimal or hex values. For REG_DWORD data items, the default value is decimal. Use 0x to specify a hex value. If you enter the value On, True, or Yes, the value is converted to 0x00000001; if you enter the value No, False, or Off, the value is converted to 0x00000000.

REG_BINARY for binary values formatted as two or more decimal numbers. The first decimal number specifies the number of bytes of data that follow. The remaining numbers are converted into 32-bit numbers. (The value length must always be a multiple of 4 bytes.)

Regini Features

Regini gives you several options for data manipulation. For example, DELETE is a regini.exe keyword that requires only the name of the data item. To remove a data item, enter the following syntax as the second (i.e., data item) line of your script:

DataItemName = DELETE

Regini.exe also has a neat feature that lets you point to a text file that contains the value for a data item. This feature eliminates the need to directly enter long binary values (for REG_BINARY data items) or many multiple strings (for REG_ MULTI_SZ data items). During execution, regini.exe opens the target file and writes its contents to the registry as the value for the data item. To use this feature, replace the item type with an instruction to use a file. The instruction includes a reference to the item type and uses the following syntax options:

For REG_BINARY data items: DataItemName = REG_BINARYFILE FilePath

For REG_MULTI_SZ data items: DataItemName = REG_MULTISZFILE FilePath

For example, if you enter the following script:

UserNicknamesForCompanyNewsletter = REG_MULTISZFILE \myscripts\script101.txt

Regini reads the content of the file named script101.txt and writes the contents as the value of the data item UserNicknamesForCompanyNewsletter. (I made up that data item for this example, so don't look for it in your registry.)

Putting It All Together

As an example of a complete command, review the following script. This command changes computer settings so that the most recent user's name doesn't appear in the Logon dialog box.

\registry\machine\software\micro
soft\windows\currentversionpolicies\system
DontDisplayLastUserName = REG_DWORD 1

To make additional changes in the same subkey, you need only add lines below the line that references the subkey. As long as each additional line contains an equal sign, regini.exe properly handles the line's content. For example, the data items that control pre-logon messages (i.e., LegalNoticeText and LegalNoticeCaption) reside in the same registry subkey as the DontDisplayLastUserName item. To also configure the computer to display a message before users log on, simply add two lines to the previous script:

\registry\machine\software\micro
soft\windows\currentversionpolicies\system
DontDisplayLastUserName = REG_DWORD 1
LegalNoticeText = REG_SZ Your E-Mail is Now Being Monitored
LegalNoticeCaption = REG_SZ Notice To Employees

Number	Permissions for the Target Registry Key
1	Administrators Full Access
2	Administrators Read Access
3	Administrators Read and Write Access
4	Administrators Read, Write, and Delete Access
5	Creator Full Access
6	Creator Read and Write Access
7	World Full Access
8	World Read Access
9	World Read and Write Access
10	World Read, Write, and Delete Access
11	Power Users Full Access
12	Power Users Read and Write Access
13	Power Users Read, Write, and Delete Access
14	System Operators Full Access
15	System Operators Read and Write Access
16	System Operators Read, Write, and Delete Access
17	System Full Access
18	System Read and Write Access
19	System Read Access
20	Administrators Read, Write, and Execute Access
21	Interactive User Full Access
22	Interactive User Read and Write Access
23	Interactive User Read, Write, and Delete Access

Regclean

299958 - Errors that the RegClean utility finds after you install Microsoft Office

Scanreg

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Setting	Name	Type	Data
`HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor`
`File name completion`	`CompletionChar`	`REG_DWORD`	`key`
`Directory completion`	`PathCompletionChar`	`REG_DWORD`	`key`
`HKCU\Console`
`Word separators`	`WordDelimiters`	`REG_SZ`	`separators`

Microsoft Registry Tools

Old News ;-)

[Feb 24, 2007] REGFind: RegFind is a command-line tool with which you can search the Windows 2000 registry for arbitrary data, key names, or value names and optionally replace any of these with new values.

[Oct 3, 2005] Monitoring and Troubleshooting the Registry by Darren Mar-Elia

See also other papers by this author in Recommended Articles section

[Jul 5, 2005] Sample Chapter from Microsoft® Windows XP® Registry Guide by Jerry Honeycutt Mapping Tweak UI

RegEditX - Tweaks for the Windows Registry Editor (REGEDIT) free beta

[Dec 11, 2004] Download Free Windows 2000 Resource Kit Tools some useful Win 2K reskit tools

[Nov 10, 2004] Viewing and Manipulating the Registry

[Sept 28, 2004] Distributing Registry Changes in Windows 2000

Script File Guidelines

Regini Features

Putting It All Together