A custom remake of the Windows Registry Editor that provides many additional features.
Note
Some of the "many additional features" are not yet implemented in the beta, but they are planned for the final 1.0 release.
- Navigate to the directory to clone the repository into and clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/FireBlade211/RegPlus.git- Download Win32-threaded GCC 14.2.0 for MSVCRT and add to PATH.
View full GitHub release - Go back to the cloned repository folder and open
RegPlus.slnxin Visual Studio. - On the Debug menu, press Start without debugging to build and run the app.
RegPlus is licensed under the MIT License. See the in-app About menu or the LICENSE file in this repository for more info.
This is a list of the finished features from the Feature Comparison topic in the help file:
| Feature | Finished | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Viewing multiple registry keys at once | ✅ Yes | - |
| Quickly jumping to recently visited keys from the taskbar (Windows 7+) | ✅ Yes | - |
| Quickly jumping to a custom registry key path | ✅ Yes | - |
| Built-in command-line and help documentation | ✅ Yes | - |
| Instant-apply and Audit mode | ❌ No | Audit mode won't apply the change instantly, but will only apply it once the Apply changes button is clicked. |
| REG_EXPAND_SZ expand preview | ✅ Yes | The preview works, but actually saving the values (for all types of values) is not implemented. |
| Changing the type of the default value on keys | ❌ No | Currently brings up the Create Value dialog box, which would allow you to change the type once creating values is implemented |
| More customization | ❌ No | The layout for the settings pages is implemented, but actual functionality is not implemented. (the Shortcuts tab loads but it's currently read-only) |
| Better icons, no icon duplication | ✅ Yes | In actual Regedit, the same icons are used for REG_BINARY, REG_DWORD, etc. |
| Drag-and-drop to move or copy keys and values | ❌ No | Drag-and-drop works for keys, but it does not actually move the key, and it's not implemented for values. |
| Customizable keyboard shortcuts | ❌ No | The Shortcuts settings tab's layout is implemented, and the Actions load, but the actual shortcuts do not load and are not saveable. |
| Jump to a registry key from the command line | ✅ Yes | - |
| Status info (status bar) | ❌ No | There is some commented creation code in the mdichild.cpp file, but there is no code currently to set the text of the status bar. MenuHelp will be used in WM_MENUSELECT once localization is added. |
| REGX extended registry file format | ❌ No | The format is planned to be an XML-based format. |
The help.chm file provides help documentation. It is recommended to open this file through the app (RegPlus Help... on the Help menu) to open it with the correct themes and styles.
Note that the documentation is unfinished - the Help Contents page lists topics not in the help file currently, and some links are broken because the help viewer documentation has not been fully ported over yet.