Regshot
Quickly take a snapshot of your registry and then compare it with a second snapshot. You can also specify folders (with subfolders) to be scanned for changes as well.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Windows
- PortableApps.com
Features
- Portable
- Logging
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- TBayAreaPat reviewed Regshot
Old and quirky. You have a choice to use Ansi or Unicode for report. You can save the report in plain text or html. Unicode HTML uses old UTF‑16 HTML, which is atypical, and loads jumbled in browsers. Ansi html works ok. Note though, you can save the regshots and report, but you can't reuse the screenshots. There's no load option, and if you put the saved file name in the line, it will write over it with different information... not a great method. So you need to let the program run until ready...
- TBayAreaPat commented on Regshot
Old and quirky. You have a choice to use Ansi or Unicode for report. You can save the report in plain text or html. Unicode HTML uses old UTF‑16 HTML, which is atypical, and loads jumbled in browsers. Ansi html works ok. Note though, you can save the regshots and report, but you can't reuse the screenshots. There's no load option, and if you put the saved file name in the line, it will write over it with different information... not a great method. So you need to let the program run until ready...
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What is Regshot?
Regshot is a small, free and open-source registry compare utility. Compare before & after registry shots when making system changes or installing new software. The changes report can be produced in text or HTML format and contains a list of all modifications that have taken place between snapshot1 and snapshot2. In addition, you can also specify folders (with subfolders) to be scanned for changes as well.
Comments and Reviews
Old and quirky. You have a choice to use Ansi or Unicode for report. You can save the report in plain text or html. Unicode HTML uses old UTF‑16 HTML, which is atypical, and loads jumbled in browsers. Ansi html works ok. Note though, you can save the regshots and report, but you can't reuse the screenshots. There's no load option, and if you put the saved file name in the line, it will write over it with different information... not a great method. So you need to let the program run until ready to make the 2nd shot. However, since the shots are saved in .hiv format, they might be usable in some other comparison program, but most use .reg files. Consider MJ Regwatcher instead. It keeps a running log of registry changes. Automatic with no fuss.
It supports only own format of registry copy. If I exported reg file via regedit then I cannot compare it via this tool.
Regshot does not use .REG files for comparison. As the blurb states ... " use Regshot to create Shot#1 and Shot#2" for comparisons