hivexget1

Usage

Note

This is a low-level tool. For a more convenient way to navigate the Windows Registry in Windows virtual machines, see virt-win-reg(1). For proper regedit formatting, use hivexregedit(1).

Overview

This program navigates through a Windows Registry binary "hive" file and extracts either all the (key, value) data pairs stored in that subkey or just the single named data item.

In the first form:

 hivexget hivefile '\Path\To\SubKey'

"hivefile" is some Windows Registry binary hive, and "\Path\To\Subkey" is a path within that hive. NB the path is relative to the top of this hive, and is not the full path as you would use in Windows (eg. "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM" is not a valid path).

If the subkey exists, then the output lists all data pairs under this subkey, in a format similar to "regedit" in Windows.

In the second form:

 hivexget hivefile '\Path\To\SubKey' name

"hivefile" and path are as above. "name" is the name of the value of interest (use "@" for the default value).

The corresponding data item is printed "raw" (ie. no processing or escaping) except:

1.

If it's a string we will convert it from Windows UTF-16 to UTF-8, if this conversion is possible. The string is printed with a single trailing newline.

2.

If it's a multiple-string value, each string is printed on a separate line.

3.

If it's a numeric value, it is printed as a decimal number.