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[MGadAllah]

Hi all:

May times I face this situation which is, after installing an application I would like to know which keys in the registery effected by this application, because I would like to export application setting to a .reg file.

the normal thing is to look into local machine or current user keys and search for application folder in the tree but sometimes there are more then one keys effected other then the application folder in the tree

can you help with that?

Thanks

Mohamed

[PaulIA]

There are a lot of utilites floating around that will do this for you. I use RegShot a lot and have not had any problems. It will not only tell you the registry keys that have changed, but you can also have it "watch" directories or drives and it will tell you all of the files that changed too.

[mazin]

Yes, RegShot is good for this purpose.

1- Create a 1st shot.

2- Install your app, register it, tweak it, etc...

3- Create a 2nd shot.

4- compare.

If you plan to use it, attached is my LANGUAGE.ini.

It contains Arabic and English UI only.

Replace the original one.

NB: See Post #5 for more info.

LANGUAGE.INI

Edited September 18, 2006 by mazin

[jaclaz]

Just for the record, besides the original Regshot by TianWei:

http://regshot.blog.googlepages.com/regshot.html

there is also the Paraglider's version that saves differences in REG4 format:

http://www.paraglidernc.com/RegShot.html

http://www.paraglidernc.com/plugins/RegShot1725.cab

A good idea is to start from a cleaned and defragmented registry, EVERYONE should use DAILY ERUNT:

http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/

but even if you don't, it's companion app REGOPT is a must!

To pick one of the various FREEWARE Registry cleaners, check this list with opinions by Jeremy:

http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=68677

Regseeker appears to be a winner! B)

jaclaz

[mazin]

Yes, Paraglider's version outputs valid REGEDIT data.

I can just copy/paste and voila.

Or I can save the output file as .reg after cleaning it up.

However, both TianWei's and Paraglider's versions monitor

HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-.. not HKEY_CURRENT_USER\..

So, I have to edit the main keys. That's good, anyway.

NB: RegShot zipped file (Paraglider's version) contains many files. You only need the following files:

1- regshot.exe

2- regshot.ini

3- language.ini

4- readme.txt

5- whatsnew.txt

NB: language.ini contains many languages.

You can erase languages other than yours.

Also, you can add your own language if it's not listed.

NB: LANGUAGE.ini is the same for both TianWei's and Paraglider's versions.

Edited September 18, 2006 by mazin