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RawReg allows to edit offline Windows NT registry hives.

It can be used (for example) to edit BCD hives, NTUSER, software and many other registry hives found inside Windows NT (2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8, ...)

This tool provides information about the physical offset position of each registry key on the hive file, a very handy feature if you are debugging a registry hive with the aid of an hexadecimal editor.

What can it do?

- Browse the hive structure
- Edit the data on values
- Change the title of values
- Show a map with information of data inside each bin
- Show details about physical offset of any given key

Please note that unlike any other raw registry editors, this is the only program that can really add more data onto a given registry hive and manage the bin space properly. In the past, people were limited to only change data on keys that needed to have the exact same size, there are no such restrictions here and many things can be added - post your requests and I'll see if they can be included.

This tool is available "as is". With so many things going on at the same time, it is not possible to add extra features or correct reported defects. My apologies.

What is the advantage of not using Win32 API?

- No need to load a hive into the local registry
- Overcome any security restrictions imposed by Win32 API
- Works on every Windows platform (from Windows 9x all the way up to Vista)
- No UAC restrictions regarding hive load without administrator permissions
- More features can be added in the future.

joby_toss wrote: Note: this tool works great with the small RegHive files created by Sandboxie.
Tested version 1.3 and it saves its settings in RawReg.ini file inside its own folder while being stealth.

Database entry: http://www.portablefreeware.com/index.php?id=2786

JohnW wrote:@shnbwmn mentioned Buster's Sandbox Analyser (BSA) in passing. There is no other mention of it in TPFC.

JohnW wrote:... the Search facility in the Forum is not very intelligent.

juverax wrote: ↑Sat Feb 24, 2024 11:14 am One use case of rawreg:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14000522/
manually-delete-corrupt-registry-key-not-shown-by-regedit
for fixing, cleaning the actual registry hive.

Requests and bug fixes

This tool is available "as is". With so many things going on at the same time, it is not possible to add extra features or correct reported defects. My apologies.