Registry Viewing

[EightySix Four]

Is it possible for me to open and edit the registry of a Windows XP install that's on a seperate hard drive that I can't boot from. I'm in WinXP and I need to read another WinXP's registry.

 

[mikecel79]

Open up regedit. Go to File>Load Hive. Point it at the registry file form the other XP install.

 

[EightySix Four]

I'm in windows xp 64, I'm trying to run some software from my 32bit windows install, which is now corrupted... To run it, I need the registry values from my old install. How can I get them?

 

[Smilin]

%systemroot%\system32\config

You'll find 4 hives in there:
system
software (likely the one you want)
SAM
security

For HKCU you'll need to load user.dat from their profile.

Also, be sure you have HKLM highlighted before you do 'load hive' otherwise the option will be greyed out. Don't forget to unload the hive. It stays loaded otherwise.


See regedit helpfiles.

 

[EightySix Four]

Thanks smilin, exactly what I needed

 

[Smilin]

No prob.

Mike beat me to it though