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I always wished I could just mount the registry as a file system. Best of both worlds?
by jahewson 4y ago
I always wished I could just mount the registry as a file system. Best of both worlds?
- cobalt 4y agoyou can sort of do it in powershell you can browse it, e.g. ls HKLM:\
- jaclaz 4y agoJFYI there have been experiments for that (and the driver actually worked experimentally but then at the time nobody was interested): http://reboot.pro/index.php?showtopic=7681 http://reboot.pro/index.php?showtopic=7681 and multi-commander has a plugin for this (though this is more like representing the registry as a filesystem): http://multicommander.com/docs/browse-registry http://multicommander.com/docs/browse-registry As I see it the Registry format has many common points/similarities to NTFS, it is somehow a cross between a filesystem and a database or can be "seen" as either. Previous post/discussion with some more links: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27940874 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27940874