Open offline registry from the command line

[Melvin Nava (MEL)]

Hello,

Is there a command line to load a file as an offline registry, as it would be done from the "open local registry" file submenu ?

I tried to create a context menu to open registry files, but registryfinder.exe dones't seem to be able to just open them..

This is the registry entry I tried (for the context menu):

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[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\RF.RegistryFinder]
@="Open with RegistryFinder"
"AppliesTo"="System.FileName:\"NTUSER.DAT\" OR System.FileName:\"DEFAULT\" OR System.FileName:\"DEFAULT\" OR System.FileName:\"SAM\" OR System.FileName:\"SECURITY\" OR System.FileName:\"SOFTWARE\" OR System.FileName:\"SYSTEM\""
"Icon"="\"D:\\mdnava\\Programs\\_SystemTools\\RegistryFinder\\RegistryFinder.exe\",0"
"NeverDefault"=""
"SeparatorAfter"=""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\RF.RegistryFinder\Command]
@="\"D:\\mdnava\\Programs\\_SystemTools\\RegistryFinder\\RegistryFinder.exe\" \"%1\""

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I'll appreciate any comment on this..

[Sergey Filippov (Registry Finder)]

Hello Melvin,

Loading/opening offline registry as a set of registry files through the command line is not supported.

As a workaround, you may consider using the load command to load individual hives, for example:
RegistryFinder load C:\Offline\SOFTWARE HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Offline-Software

This command creates the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Offline-Software key and loads the C:\Offline\SOFTWARE file into it. Instead of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE you can use HKEY_USERS. No other root keys are allowed. Instead of Offline-Software you can specify arbitrary name. The name must specify a single key, it cannot be a path with several subkeys. RegistryFinder must be launched as administrator.

When the key is no longer needed, unload it with the following command:

RegistryFinder unload HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Offline-Software

Regards,

Sergey

суббота, 18 января 2025 г. в 23:32:03 UTC+3, Melvin Nava (MEL):

[Melvin Nava (MEL)]

Ok, I'll try that.. thank you for your response.

Please consider adding command line support for offline registry files (USER, MACHINE, CLASSES).

..Best regards!.