Reading a .reg file exported from an old install?

Question

I formatted my computer (Win7->Win7 fresh install) a few months ago, and before I did so I exported the registry to a file (Along with the usual folders) just in case. Now I need to get at some entries in that file, but I'm at a loss as for how.

Is there some way to read a big .reg file without importing any of it?

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 07 '15 at 15:50

REG files are regular text files. You can open small REG files with Notepad, but full registry exports can be hundreds of megabytes in size and Notepad won't be able to handle them. You can use Notepad++ or Sublime Text to view them.

REG file structure is described on Wikipedia.

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:17

1

Since it's plain text, just split the file into parts. Previous question on this:

How to split large file on Windows?

edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:17

Community

1

answered Jan 07 '15 at 15:56

ernie

6,378

Reading a .reg file exported from an old install?

2 Answers2