Security News > 2021 > August > Registry Explorer is the registry editor every Windows user needs
Last week, a new open-source Registry Editor was released that puts Windows Regedit software to shame by supporting a host of advanced features, making editing the Registry easier than ever.
If you are a Windows administrator or power user, then you have likely made changes to the Registry at one point using Windows built-in Registry Editor to fix a bug or tweak a configuration setting.
Last weekend, Windows Internals expert Pavel Yosifovich released a program called Registry Explorer that aims to modernize the registry editor with a slew of new features.
After running Registry Explorer, you will be greeted with a view of all the Registry hives, which users can expand to see their subkeys and values just like the standard Windows Registry editor.
Making the wrong change to the Registry could cause Windows not to operate correctly, Registry Explorer starts in a 'Read Only Mode' that prevents you from making changes until the mode is turned off.
Even better, if you find you really like Registry Explorer, you can configure it to automatically replace the Windows Registry editor and be the default file handler for.