RegShot

[CyberSlug]

The Original RegShot 1.61e lets you take snapshots (takes < 30 seconds) of your registry and compare the differences.

If you wanted to find the registry key for always showing file extensions, you could take snaphots before and after making the change in Folder Options. Example results:

REGSHOT LOG 1.61e5
Comments:
Datetime:2004/7/30 03:06:20  ,  2004/7/30 03:06:51
Computer:COMPNAME , COMPNAME
Username:Admin , Admin

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Values modified:1
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HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1801674531-920026266-839522115-1003\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\HideFileExt: 0x00000001
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1801674531-920026266-839522115-1003\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\HideFileExt: 0x00000000

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Total changes:1
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I recently discovered that someone modified Regshot to return the results as a *.REG file!!!

Download the new RegShot here

NOTE: This new version was designed as a plugin for Bart's PE Builder, so you need to extract RegShot.exe from the CAB. You don't need any of the ini files.

Sample output of new version:

Regshot 1.7
Datetime:2004/7/30 03:19:09  ,  2004/7/30 03:19:43
Computer:COMPNAME , COMPNAME
Username:Admin , Admin

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REGEDIT4

[HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1801674531-920026266-839522115-1003\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"HideFileExt"=dword:00000000

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Values modified:1
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Total changes:1
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Finally, someone wrote a script to convert reg files to au3 files

[ezzetabi]

Very interesting. It is just a pity that you cant know anymore old values.

(At lest it seems so.)

Great, thanks!

[VoSs2o0o]

...I use the good old Regmon from Sysinternals for that. But for some Registry-Keys your Tool is interesting

[this-is-me]

If you are looking for a complete but free solution, I use installrite exclusively from http://www.epsilonsquared.com/ It correctly logs reg entries and files, and allows you to export new and old shots as regedit4 files.

[ezzetabi]

I prefere RegShot for its simplicity. You have what you want and need.