RegmagiK Walkthrough
Power users wanted

RegmagiK is a Windows Registry editor. For most users it is not an every day use tool. But for some situations when you do need to check or change something in Registry - RegmagiK makes it easier.

  

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Getting Started with RegmagiK

This step-by-step walkthrough will introduce and explain unique features of RegmagiK.

  1. download and run RegmagiK.setup.exe
  2. click on menu Tools - > List Invalid CLSIDs
  3. how many did it list?
  4. notice smart file or folder path recognition in the data column
  5. click on the folders to double-check that the file is missing
  6. notice that Windows Explorer opens as far as folders exist
  7. switch back to RegmagiK window
  8. double-click any key from search results and watch it open in the left navigation tree
  9. drag and drop a key from RegmagiK to desktop. notice shortcut created.
  10. click Back on toolbar notice selected key change
  11. close RegmagiK.
  12. use shortcut created on Desktop in step 9 to open RegmagiK on the key you dropped on Desktop
  13. copy this Registry path to clipboard: LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\explorer\CommandStore\shell\Windows.newfolder
  14. switch back to RegmagiK and press Ctrl+G on keyboard (GoTo command on toolbar)
  15. notice the path you copied is already in place. Just press Enter
  16. How many clicks would it take in Regedit? (notice only required subkeys are included in the left navigation tree - to avoid clutter - and you can still expand to see all subkeys by pressing plus button)
  17. look at CommandStateHandler value in the right pane
  18. notice Gear icons next to Guid data
  19. click on Gear icon - notice jump to Guid definition (also in Registry)
  20. How many clicks would it take in Regedit?
  21. Expand the Guid key and click on the InProcServer32 subkey
  22. notice folder icon next to value data
  23. click on the folder icon and see file selected in Windows Explorer
  24. Click Back to return to previously selected key

Using Registry

There are many Registry tweaks that improve your Windows experience. This section will inllustrate just some of them.

This is a sample screenshot from Windows XP. It demonstrates one of the popular registry tweaks: changing timing of Windows XP built-in slide show viewer. By default the slide show displays each image for 5 seconds and it can not be changed via Windows User Interface. Adding the Timeout DWORD value and setting it to the desired number of milliseconds does the trick.

This screenshot also illustrates several RegmagiK features:

toolbar and address bar (both can be turned on/off independently)

partial expand in the left pane, little overlay images indicate that there are hidden items

in-place value editing in the right pane

bottom search results pane with convenient 1 click search command.

Next sample illustrates the following RegmagiK features:

  • smart Directory recognition in the right pane view - some Data column subitems have Folder icon
  • if a value is of type REG_EXPAND_SZ or expandable string as DevicePath in this example it will also be recognized as a valid path
  • when you hover over the Folder image the mouse cursor turns into Link Select or Hand cursor - that means you can click and go to Explorer
  • with one click on folder image you can open Windows Explorer and the folder specified in Registry will be selected
  • If you activate in-place edit of value data and begin typing a path to any directory autocomplete feature will be automatically activated

Next sample demonstrates the following RegmagiK features:

  • smart GUID recognition in the right pane view - subitem has Gear image
  • goto GUID with one click on Gear image (when you hover above the image the mouse cursor turns into Link Select or Hand cursor)
  • partial expand in the left pane, allows you to see only relevant keys, and little overlay images indicate that there are hidden items