I have a registry export file from a while back. I need to retrieve some values from it (namely PATH values). However, all I can see in Registry Editor is an option to import. I need an option to view, which means I simply want to open the .reg file without it being imported or added to the current system registry state. How can I do that?
The file is 354 MB
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.Reg files are simply text files. They can be opened in any text editor. However, if you have a very large .reg file, such as an export of the entire registry or a large branch, you will need a more robust text editor, like Notepad++, as the file size might be to large for a simple text editor to open.
You can try Registry Workshop (not free, but trial available).
Registry Workshop is an advanced registry editor. It is a perfect replacement for RegEdit and RegEdt32 which shipped with Windows.
In that case you could open the file on a linux system with the command less. If you are on a windows system you could use the new bash for windows or cygwin to achieve that.
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