Getting Cygwin set up right takes a little bit of work - it's much easier if you're familiar with configuring a Linux shell and terminal to taste. Out of the bo

Getting Cygwin set up right takes a little bit of work - it's much easier if you're familiar with configuring a Linux shell and terminal to taste. Out of the box, it's a bit rough; kind of similar to how Emacs is a bit rough. I am scared of the Windows command line - not because it's scary, but because it's so limited. I feel almost helpless, all my tools are missing, it's just so awful. In practice, the reason I use Windows is mostly games, but it's rare I fire them up these days - I have to upgrade and/or re-verify my Steam account almost every time I start the client. Outside of that the browser and the terminal are almost all I use, and I can have them just as easily elsewhere. My point being my experience may not translate to your environment quite as well. Registry in Cygwin is mounted under /proc/registry: ~$ ls -l /proc/registry/HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows total 0 dr-xr-x--- 72 SYSTEM SYSTEM 0 Dec 16 23:57 CurrentVersion dr-xr-x--- 2 SYSTEM SYSTEM 0 Dec 13 01:58 DWM dr-xr-x--- 4 SYSTEM SYSTEM 0 Dec 13 01:48 PrivacySettingsBeforeCreatorsUpdate dr-xr-x--- 6 SYSTEM SYSTEM 0 Dec 13 01:52 Shell dr-xr-x--- 4 SYSTEM SYSTEM 0 Dec 13 01:47 TabletPC dr-xr-x--- 3 SYSTEM SYSTEM 0 Dec 13 01:47 'Windows Error Reporting' dr-xr----- 3 barrkel None 0 Dec 13 01:58 Winlogon It's read-only however. Cygwin `regtool` lets you poke values in.