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winreg-cli

Command line tool that provides a fluent API for modifying Windows registry

npm license

C:\> winreg
winreg [command]

Commands:
  winreg read <hive> <path>    Read a value from the registry       [aliases: r]
  winreg list <hive> <key>     List subkeys and values of a key     [aliases: l]
  winreg write <hive> <path>   Write a value to the registry        [aliases: w]
  winreg delete <hive> <path>  Delete a key/value from the registry [aliases: d]

Options:
  --help     Show help                                                 [boolean]
  --version  Show version number                                       [boolean]

Installation

$ npm install -g winreg-cli

Commands

`winreg read <hive> <path>`

Reads the data of a single value item from the path

`winreg list <hive> <key> [--recursive|-r]`

Lists the contents of a registry key, including subkeys and values

`winreg write <hive> <path> --type <type> --data <data>`

Stores the given data at the specified path in the registry

`winreg delete <hive> <path> [--force|-f]`

Deletes a value item or key from the registry. (The --force flag is required to delete keys)

Possible values

`<hive>`

HKLM
HKCU
HKCR
HKU
HKCC

`<type>`

none => 'REG_NONE'
string => 'REG_SZ'
mstring => 'REG_MULTI_SZ'
estring => 'REG_EXPAND_SZ'
dword => 'REG_DWORD'
qword => 'REG_QWORD'
binary => 'REG_BINARY'

Known issues

Cannot read default values
Cannot write to default values
Cannot clear a key, only delete the key/value
Can only create values not empty keys

License

MIT