The O&O RegEditor makes working with the registration database significantly easier. It comes with an eminently user-friendly application, but it is through its portability that it really makes the life of an Administrator much easier.
In addition to the virtue of working regardless of location, O&O RegEditor makes accessing registration databases in Windows systems particularly quick and simple. A comprehensive range of standard features are available, all of which are quicker and more streamlined thanks to optimized accessibility and user-friendliness. For example, after a high-precision search is performed, a list of results is displayed, together with the corresponding key paths. In addition, searches are performed without users having to make those irritating confirmations of every interim result. Users can also copy paths direct from websites or manuals into the address line and navigate straight to them. As a history of all paths visited is saved, navigating between different keys is quick and easy. The ability to simply copy and paste complete registry keys and subkeys is especially helpful when testing settings, in order to save old settings for restoration at a later date.
Features:
- Convenient search function/
- Copy and paste of entire keys, subkeys and their values.
- Simplified editing.
- Create, manage, import and export favorites.
- Frequently used keys can be preset as favorites.
- REG files optimized for import and export.
- Export the Registry in XML format.
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Comments and Reviews
Easily copy and past an entire registry path to navigate quickly through the registry. Very response, unlike the built-in regedit.
Better than Regedit, of course but it's just a basic program with no frills (and no dark mode either.) It doesn't contain a few essential features I look for in Reg editors. Namely:
History - Saved history of manual changes including the ability to undo the changes.
Compare - The ability to compare registry trees and highlight changes. This is really handy for tracking down settings, and tracing installations.
Find and Replace - This would be a powerful tool, but dangerous of course. I use it a lot (in Registry Workshop) for correcting paths, or when I've changed a default program (i.e. Waterfox instead of Firefox.)
Quick Jump - The right-click option to jump to the same key in WoW6432Node, and other comparable branches. Also the right-click option to jump to same key in other open .reg files, as well as import the key and open afterwards.
Search Narrowing - No option in the Find dialogue to narrow the search by path, hive, or open file.
These are the reasons this program will not due as my full-time registry tool.
I do like that it is portable and lite, as most of O&O's programs are. I like that it has the ability to open remote registry hives, and I like that it offers to edit .reg files by default. I would like it to replace the Regedit command, for occasions when other programs offer to view the registry entry (common in Nirsoft utilities.)
**Note: Always open this (and all reg editors) As Admin, or many items will be missing from your searches. You also won't be able to edit many things otherwise.
O&O's products are generally pretty good. I particularly like O&O Shutup because it allows you to backup and import changes. O&O RegEditor does too, but you have to do it manually, rather than through a nice log.