Registry diff program?

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Any one know of a utility that would compare two versions of the
registry and highlight changes?

I'm thinking of something where it would save the registry to a
different file.

You would then install program xyz.exe.

After the installation of xyz.exe is complete, and the PC is rebooted,
you would then run this handy utility to see all of the exact changes
that xyz.exe did to your registry.

I'm thinking of something similar to text file compare programs like
windiff or delta.

Thanks very much for any help!

Regards,

Rick
 
Rutger6559 said:
Any one know of a utility that would compare two versions of the
registry and highlight changes?

I'm thinking of something where it would save the registry to a
different file.

You would then install program xyz.exe.

After the installation of xyz.exe is complete, and the PC is rebooted,
you would then run this handy utility to see all of the exact changes
that xyz.exe did to your registry.

I'm thinking of something similar to text file compare programs like
windiff or delta.

Thanks very much for any help!

Regards,

Rick
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One program that does something like this is InstallWatch Pro. It basically
records every action registry/file-wise that a program takes when being
installed. Everything is recorded to a log file and can subsequently be
undone.
 
you can do it manually, but it's a bit of a pain.

used regedit to export the whole reg to a file (choose ASCII file, not
unicode, to save some space).

do your install thing (or whatever)

then export it again, and compare the two files.

Word has a fairly good file compare feature, and there are other utils out
there that can do it too. Worst comes to worst you can use the FC comnand
line tool. I like ZTreeWin's "J" command personally.
 
One program that does something like this is InstallWatch Pro. It basically
records every action registry/file-wise that a program takes when being
installed. Everything is recorded to a log file and can subsequently be
undone.
Click to expand...

Thanks much!

I downloaded and will give it a shot.

Regards,

Rick
 
you can do it manually, but it's a bit of a pain.

used regedit to export the whole reg to a file (choose ASCII file, not
unicode, to save some space).

do your install thing (or whatever)

then export it again, and compare the two files.

Word has a fairly good file compare feature, and there are other utils out
there that can do it too.
Click to expand...

Hmm.... interesting. I hadn't thought of this "brute force" method.
I'll try it out.
Worst comes to worst you can use the FC comnand
line tool. I like ZTreeWin's "J" command personally.
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Thanks for these also!
Norton Utils used to have just such a tool, that worked all the time in
the background, monitoring all reg changes, but it only works in W98.
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A shame they didn't continue development!

Thanks very much for the helpful info!

Regards,

Rick
 
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