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?

Assuming you are using regedit.exe, and not some other registry tool
(you didn't say what you use), and rather than scroll, use the
left-arrow to navigate back up the tree to the parent node, and again left-arrow to the next parent, and so on. Left-arrows walks backwards
up the tree.

regedit.exe has no command-line argument for specify which key it should navigate to when it is loaded. However, that would mean adding the long
path to the key in the command line instead of entering in the address
bar in regedit.exe. You haven't saved any typing.

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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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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.

--
Stan Brown, Tehachapi, California, USA https://BrownMath.com/
Shikata ga nai...

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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

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Stan Brown <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> 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.

I thought about that one, too, except you have to do a search.
RegScanner shows all matching hits in a registry search, and you can
pick one to directly open the regedit.exe to that key. You don't have
to enter the full path to the key, just enough to try to limit the
matches to hopefully include the one you want. I don't know how it
works since I've never found a command-line arg for regedit.exe that
specifies it directly selects the specified key.

https://www.techtarget.com/searchwindowsserver/tip/Command-line-options-for-Regeditexe

That lists some of the command-line args for regedit.exe. I've used the
/s arg along with a .reg file to silently apply changes in the .reg file instead of prompting me if I really want to make the changes.

(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.

Again that is using additional software. Looks like the OP wants to
navigate the registry just inside of regedit.exe. Russinovich knew a
lot of internal stuff about the registry and Windows, and built some
very handy tools. He wrote the "Windows Internals" books (his first
company name was WinInternals). Then Microsoft hired him and also
acquired his software. Thankfully Microsoft didn't make the
SysInternals tools disappear.

From the OP's post, sounds like he doesn't want to specify the entire
path to a key. If that were true, he wouldn't need RegScanner or other registry tools. He could enter that full path into regedit.exe to jump
to the key. He wants to walk back to the parent key, or maybe further
up the tree, and the left arrow will do that.

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Paul,

The Process Monitor "Jump To" function, uses the interface on
Regedit that does this. There must be an API for this function.

Its possible that Win10 has such an API, but under XP it was just a case of writing the desired path* in the registry (the "last visited" location) and (only than!) starting RegEdit. A bit of VBScript does it on my XP machine.

*
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Regedit

LastKey

It might still work on/for Win10.

Regards,
Rudy Wieser

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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<<<<<<<<<<

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On Tue, 01 Oct 2024 09:33:43 -0500, jetjock <jetjock@unkown.com>
wrote:

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.

Never mind. Operator Error!!

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<<<<<<<<<<

>>>>>>>>>>jetjock<<<<<<<<<<

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Mickey D 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?

Look for RegMagik and see if that will do what you want. It is what I use
for searches and editing.
--
<Bill>

Brought to you from Anchorage, Alaska

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