Is this a known bug that I can't find anything in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT? I'm using Registry Finder 2.40.
For example, try "Find what: .bat", "Where to search: Key HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT", tick all search types, the result has 0 entry. But I can see HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.bat is indeed there.
Even though HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT is a symbolic link of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes, if I search .bat in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes I can find the correct entry in no time. It looks like a bug to me.