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Memories(1995) Instant

regedit.exe is a GUI based registry editor. A console based registry editor is reg.exe

Surprisingly, at least to me, regedit.exe is located under %SystemRoot% rather than under %SystemRoot%\System32.

regedit.exe can be used in cmd.exe to import data into the registry or to export portions of the registry.

Memories(1995) Instant

Released in 1995, is a landmark science fiction anime anthology produced by Studio 4°C and Madhouse. Based on three short stories by Akira creator Katsuhiro Otomo , the film is a masterclass in high-budget, hand-drawn animation, featuring a "dream team" of industry legends including Satoshi Kon and Koji Morimoto .

A bumbling lab technician, Nobuo Tanaka, accidentally swallows an experimental biological weapon while looking for flu medicine. He becomes a walking "stink bomb" that emits a lethal gas, unknowingly leaving a trail of death as he heads toward Tokyo. Memories(1995)

The film is divided into three distinct segments, each exploring different facets of human nature and technology through unique visual styles: 1. Magnetic Rose ( Kanojo no Omoide ) Koji Morimoto | Screenplay: Satoshi Kon Released in 1995, is a landmark science fiction

This segment shifts the tone to dark, absurdist comedy. It serves as a satire of government incompetence and military overreaction, parodying the tropes of Japanese disaster cinema. 3. Cannon Fodder ( Taihō no Machi ) He becomes a walking "stink bomb" that emits

A deep-space salvage crew investigates a distress signal from a massive spaceship graveyard. They discover a derelict station that houses the "haunted" memories of a legendary opera diva, Eva Friedel.

Often cited as the film's masterpiece, it is a psychological sci-fi horror that blurs the line between reality and hallucination. It draws heavily on gothic themes and features a lush, operatic score inspired by Giacomo Puccini. 2. Stink Bomb ( Taiyu no Shūshū ) Director: Tensai Okamura

Showing an (independent) registry hive

The menu File -> Load Hive allows to show an «independent» registry hive. This menu is active when one of the «top level» keys (such as HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE or HKEY_CURRENT_USER) is selected.

This operation only shows the data of the hive, it does not import it.

When such a hive is loaded, its data can be modified normally.

The menu File -> Unload Hive will disassociate the loaded hive from regedit.

See also reg load and the WinAPI function RegLoadAppKey.

Favorites

The menu Favorites allows to add and remove registry paths so that they can quickly be navigated to. Added paths are also shown in this menu.

The favorite paths are stored in the registry under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Regedit\Favorites

Opening the registry at a given key

Unfortunately, regedit.exe does not have a command line option to specify a registry key that should be displayed when regedit.exe starts.

However, regedit.exe stores the last visited key in the registry (where else) under the value LastKey in the registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Regedit.

So, in order to open the registry at a specific key, one needs to first change the value of LastKey and then start regedit.exe.

This idea is implemented in the batch file regat.bat and the PowerShell version regat.ps1. regat stands for registry at.

The same idea is formulated with the Perl module Win32::TieRegistry which can be used to manipulate the registry with Perl: op-reg-at.pl.

Another tool that does the same thing is regjump.exe (by Sysinternals).

Exporting a sub-tree

Choosing *.txt format when exporting a sub tree causes the produced file to reveal the time stamps of the last write time.