How to view the registry files of another install?

[Chika]

Hi,

I am looking for a way to view the registry files of another install. To be precise, a previous install.

Recently I re-installed my system, soon I found there are some programs I use store their setting in the registry, now I want to restore them. I have the whole system partition backed up before re-installing.

After some googling, I find out that the registry files are located at %SystemRoot%\System32\Config\, but I am not lucky enough to find a way to open/view them. They definitely don't look like plain text.

Is it possible to do what I want? Let me know if more information is needed.

Thanks in advance.

[CoffeeFiend]

In a command prompt, type:

reg load /?

and read the provided help.

[Chika]

Thanks for the reply.

I'll try that.

[jaclaz]

JFYI:

Rawreg:

http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=4684

(UNfinished/experimental)

MS's own Offline Registry accessing DLL and new program to make use of it:

http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=11212

http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=11312

jaclaz

[Phenomic]

Use REG utility to open any registry file offline.