When I open the registry, it goes to the last place which could be a
hundred entries below the last key you edited (in my situation it
is).
Of course I can scroll up to find the key, and of course I can add it
as a favorite, and of course I can paste the long path to the key,
but can I just open the registry to a give key at the top level of
that key?
Mickey D <mickeydavis078XX@ptd.net> wrote:
When I open the registry, it goes to the last place which could be a hundred entries below the last key you edited (in my situation it
is).
Of course I can scroll up to find the key, and of course I can add it
as a favorite, and of course I can paste the long path to the key,
but can I just open the registry to a give key at the top level of
that key?
Mickey D <mickeydavis078XX@ptd.net> wrote:
When I open the registry, it goes to the last place which could be a
hundred entries below the last key you edited (in my situation it
is).
Of course I can scroll up to find the key, and of course I can add it
as a favorite, and of course I can paste the long path to the key,
but can I just open the registry to a give key at the top level of
that key?
(1) I think I remember that the Nirsoft utility that searches the
registry will open REGEDIT to the appropriate key.
Yup, it's Regscanner. I haven't used it in a while because it seems
easier to me just to paste the key into regedit.
(2) <https://superuser.com/questions/115854/open-registry-directly- to-a-given-key> talks about a regjump.exe utility from SysInternals
at <https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/regjump>
that will do what you're asking for.
I found (2) by googling "how to open regedit at a desired key" (sans
quotes). Superuser.com or StackOverflow.com nearly always have
answers to questions like yours.
Mickey D <mickeydavis078XX@ptd.net> wrote:
When I open the registry, it goes to the last place which could be a
hundred entries below the last key you edited (in my situation it
is).
Of course I can scroll up to find the key, and of course I can add it
as a favorite, and of course I can paste the long path to the key,
but can I just open the registry to a give key at the top level of
that key?
(1) I think I remember that the Nirsoft utility that searches the
registry will open REGEDIT to the appropriate key.
(2) <https://superuser.com/questions/115854/open-registry-directly- to-a-given-key> talks about a regjump.exe utility from SysInternals
at <https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/regjump>
that will do what you're asking for.
The Process Monitor "Jump To" function, uses the interface on
Regedit that does this. There must be an API for this function.
LastKey
On Tue, 10/1/2024 1:09 AM, Stan Brown wrote:
Mickey D <mickeydavis078XX@ptd.net> wrote:
When I open the registry, it goes to the last place which could be a
hundred entries below the last key you edited (in my situation it
is).
Of course I can scroll up to find the key, and of course I can add it
as a favorite, and of course I can paste the long path to the key,
but can I just open the registry to a give key at the top level of
that key?
(1) I think I remember that the Nirsoft utility that searches the
registry will open REGEDIT to the appropriate key.
Yup, it's Regscanner. I haven't used it in a while because it seems
easier to me just to paste the key into regedit.
(2) <https://superuser.com/questions/115854/open-registry-directly-
to-a-given-key> talks about a regjump.exe utility from SysInternals
at <https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/regjump>
that will do what you're asking for.
I found (2) by googling "how to open regedit at a desired key" (sans
quotes). Superuser.com or StackOverflow.com nearly always have
answers to questions like yours.
The Process Monitor "Jump To" function, uses the interface on Regedit
that does this. There must be an API for this function.
The function is also available as "regjump.exe". Did not test.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/regjump
regjump HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows
The only potential problem with ideas like this, is not all hives
in the registry are treated uniformly. It's always possible some
strings you enter, the tool will "balk" at your content.
Paul
On Tue, 1 Oct 2024 02:03:05 -0400, Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> wrote:
On Tue, 10/1/2024 1:09 AM, Stan Brown wrote:
Mickey D <mickeydavis078XX@ptd.net> wrote:
When I open the registry, it goes to the last place which could be a >>>>> hundred entries below the last key you edited (in my situation it
is).
Of course I can scroll up to find the key, and of course I can add it >>>>> as a favorite, and of course I can paste the long path to the key,
but can I just open the registry to a give key at the top level of
that key?
(1) I think I remember that the Nirsoft utility that searches the
registry will open REGEDIT to the appropriate key.
Yup, it's Regscanner. I haven't used it in a while because it seems
easier to me just to paste the key into regedit.
(2) <https://superuser.com/questions/115854/open-registry-directly-
to-a-given-key> talks about a regjump.exe utility from SysInternals
at <https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/regjump>
that will do what you're asking for.
I found (2) by googling "how to open regedit at a desired key" (sans
quotes). Superuser.com or StackOverflow.com nearly always have
answers to questions like yours.
The Process Monitor "Jump To" function, uses the interface on Regedit
that does this. There must be an API for this function.
Process Monitor "Jump To" is grayed out in my Process Monitor.
The function is also available as "regjump.exe". Did not test.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/regjump
regjump HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows
The only potential problem with ideas like this, is not all hives
in the registry are treated uniformly. It's always possible some
strings you enter, the tool will "balk" at your content.
Paul
>>>>>>>>>>jetjock<<<<<<<<<<
When I open the registry, it goes to the last place which could be a
hundred entries below the last key you edited (in my situation it is).
Of course I can scroll up to find the key, and of course I can add it
as a favorite, and of course I can paste the long path to the key,
but can I just open the registry to a give key at the top level of
that key?
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