Exporting Registry Keys

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When exporting keys from the registry from regedit, the file ends up
in a binary sort of format. Is there some way to export them and get
them into the standard (editable) text format ?

Thanks,
 
Bob said:
When exporting keys from the registry from regedit, the file ends up
in a binary sort of format. Is there some way to export them and get
them into the standard (editable) text format ?

Thanks,
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It depends on what you select when using the "File as" drop box.
 
When I export keys they seem to be in text format that I can read with
notepad ?
This is what "run" key export looked like on my machine...

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
"SunJavaUpdateSched"="C:\\Program
Files\\Java\\jre1.5.0_06\\bin\\jusched.exe"
"QuickTime Task"="\"C:\\Program Files\\QuickTime\\qttask.exe\" -atboottime"
"NvCplDaemon"="RUNDLL32.EXE C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\NvCpl.dll,NvStartup"
"CTHelper"="CTHELPER.EXE"
 
Looks like a lot of text to me. What exactly is your question?


Bob said:
When I export keys they seem to be in text format that I can read with
notepad ?
This is what "run" key export looked like on my machine...

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
"SunJavaUpdateSched"="C:\\Program
Files\\Java\\jre1.5.0_06\\bin\\jusched.exe"
"QuickTime Task"="\"C:\\Program
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Files\\QuickTime\\qttask.exe\" -atboottime"
 
It's actually Unicode text rather than ASCII text. Notepad does Unicode
more or less transparently, but not all editors do that. If you have a
Unicode file and want to convert it to ASCII, you can open it with Notepad
and use the Save As function, selecting "ANSI" in the Encoding box. Be
careful when doing this, though. If the file contains a Unicode character
that cannot be represented in "ANSI", it will be corrupted.


Bob said:
When I export keys they seem to be in text format that I can read with
notepad ?
This is what "run" key export looked like on my machine...
Click to expand...
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
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[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
"SunJavaUpdateSched"="C:\\Program
Files\\Java\\jre1.5.0_06\\bin\\jusched.exe"
"QuickTime Task"="\"C:\\Program Files\\QuickTime\\qttask.exe\" -atboottime"
"NvCplDaemon"="RUNDLL32.EXE C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\NvCpl.dll,NvStartup"
"CTHelper"="CTHELPER.EXE"

Bob said:
When exporting keys from the registry from regedit, the file ends up
in a binary sort of format. Is there some way to export them and get
them into the standard (editable) text format ?

Thanks,
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
When I export keys they seem to be in text format that I can read with
notepad ?
This is what "run" key export looked like on my machine...
Click to expand...

I wish to note that that was a different Bob than the one that started
the thread (me). I've changed my moniker though... imagine finding two
guys with the name "Bob" posting in the same thread on the Usenet!

:-)

The poster formerly known as Bob
 
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