starting regedit or regedt32 and directly browse to a specified location

[Dave]

How can I start regedit or regedt32 and let it automaically browse to a specified location? (via commandline
parameters?)

 

[Dave Patrick]

Write the desired path to;
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Regedit\LastKey
just prior to opening regedit.exe


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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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| How can I start regedit or regedt32 and let it automaically browse to a
specified location? (via commandline
| parameters?)
|
|

 

[Mark V]

Write the desired path to;
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Regedit\Last
Key just prior to opening regedit.exe

For regedit.exe there is a handy CLI utility.

Regjump v1.01
Copyright (C) Mark Russinovich
Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com

usage: regjump <path>
e.g.: regjump HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows

I keep my regedt32 set "collapsed" and arranged and set to not remember
the last settings. Therefore I do not immediately where the layout and
current key focus is stored. You might try REGMON.EXE (also from
Sysinternals) to try to find it perhaps.

 

[Dave Patrick]

Another possibility is to set read-only permissions on;
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Regedit

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

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| For regedit.exe there is a handy CLI utility.
|
| Regjump v1.01
| Copyright (C) Mark Russinovich
| Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com
|
| usage: regjump <path>
| e.g.: regjump HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows
|
| I keep my regedt32 set "collapsed" and arranged and set to not remember
| the last settings. Therefore I do not immediately where the layout and
| current key focus is stored. You might try REGMON.EXE (also from
| Sysinternals) to try to find it perhaps.
|