Registry Management

Hyena includes full support for managing both the local and remote registries of any computer.  To access the registry functions, expand any computer in Hyena's left tree window, and then expand the object.  Hyena will list the registry hives that support remote operations, then can be further navigated or managed.  To display the contents of a given registry key, simply double-click on the key name, or display the context menu and select the View option.

Adding New Registry Keys or Values

To create new registry keys or values, display the context menu for any selected key or value and select either the New Key or New Value options.

Modifying Registry Value Properties

To modify the contents of any registry value, display the context menu and select the Properties option, or double-click the value name in Hyena's right window.
 

Renaming Registry Value Name

To change the name of a registry value, display the context menu and select the Rename option.

Deleting Registry Keys or Values

To delete any registry key or value, display the context menu and select Delete, or press the Delete keyboard key, or use the Delete toolbar button.  When selected in Hyena's right window, multiple registry keys or values can be deleted at the same time.  WARNING: When a registry key (which is similar to a file directory) is deleted, all subkeys and values in the key are also deleted.  This operation cannot be undone.

Searching the Registry

Hyena supports searching the registry, through the Search option, on any selected registry key.  The Registry Search dialog supports a number of search options, including  case sensitive searches, whole word matches, and matching contents in any combination of key name, value name, or value contents (data).  The Search function can also be used to search only the selected key, or all subkeys of the selected key.  The Search function is also available for an entire registry hive (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE is a registry hive name).

Hyena will display progress on the status bar of the key currently being searched.  As matching items are found, the location and contents will be displayed in Hyena's right list window.  The search operation can be stopped by press the Stop button on the toolbar.

Copying the Key Name

Hyena includes the Copy Key Name menu option for all registry keys for compatibility with the same option found in RegEdit.  Selecting this option will copy the full registry key path to the clipboard for pasting into other applications.

Saving Key Contents

To save the contents of any registry key to a file, right click on the registry key and select Save Key... from the context menu.  The resulting file will be saved in the standard Windows binary registry key format.  When saving registry keys for a remote computer, Windows places the saved registry file on the remote system, rather than the local system.  This is a Windows design/feature.  It is documented by Microsoft that the saved file will be placed in the remote system's \system32 folder, but if a drive and path is specified, it will be stored at this location on the REMOTE system.

Registry Security

To view or modify the security settings for any registry key, select the Security Properties... option from the context menu.

Viewing the 64-Bit Registry

By default, Windows will force 32-bit Windows applications to view a 32-bit view of remote systems running a 64-bit version of Windows.  The context menu for the main Registry object for any computer has an option "Use 64-bit Registry", that can be used to force Windows to read from the 64-bit registry instead.  This context menu option toggles the advanced setting 'x64ForceWindowsRegistry'.  For more information on this advanced option, see the Advanced Settings topic.