How can I compare registry easily?

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Bernhard Holzmayer

Hi there,

Would like to know how can I compare registries easily?
Any application to do so?

Thanks
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There are parts which will always differ (dynamic entries).
I guess, you're interested only in parts of the registry, therefore.

What I do in such a case is:
export both registries (or part of) in REGEDIT 4 mode
(which is readable ASCII ) .
compare both with a tool like 'diff', 'windiff',...

if you want to find changes which are made during a running
application or a program installation,
installer tools (Wise, Installshield) do a really good job.


Bernhard
 
Hi there,

Would like to know how can I compare registries easily?
Any application to do so?

Thanks
Click to expand...

There are parts which will always differ (dynamic entries).
I guess, you're interested only in parts of the registry, therefore.

What I do in such a case is:
export both registries (or part of) in REGEDIT 4 mode
(which is readable ASCII ) .
compare both with a tool like 'diff', 'windiff',...

if you want to find changes which are made during a running
application or a program installation,
installer tools (Wise, Installshield) do a really good job.


Bernhard
 
Hi there,

Would like to know how can I compare registries easily?
Any application to do so?

Thanks
 
Hi bernard,

Thanks for the reply. I did use windiff but when I change
say the volume controls of the wallpaper, nothing is
picked up by it. It only stated the blanks are different.

thanks

Alex
 
Hi bernard,

Thanks for the reply. I did use windiff but when I change
say the volume controls of the wallpaper, nothing is
picked up by it. It only stated the blanks are different.

thanks

Alex
 
Thanks for the reply. I did use windiff but when I change
say the volume controls of the wallpaper, nothing is
picked up by it. It only stated the blanks are different.
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Does it display export files correctly? The problem is Win2K registry
export is Unicode, and Windiff does not fully support it. You can try
our Compare It! tool from http://www.grigsoft.com/, and it works much
faster.

Igor Green
http://www.grigsoft.com/
 
Thanks for the reply. I did use windiff but when I change
say the volume controls of the wallpaper, nothing is
picked up by it. It only stated the blanks are different.
Click to expand...

Does it display export files correctly? The problem is Win2K registry
export is Unicode, and Windiff does not fully support it. You can try
our Compare It! tool from http://www.grigsoft.com/, and it works much
faster.

Igor Green
http://www.grigsoft.com/
 
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