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All the tips/hints/fixes/other information posted here are at your own risk. Some of the steps here could result in damage to your computer. For example, using a Windows registry editor like RegEdit could result in unintended serious changes that may be difficult or impossible to reverse. Backups are always encouraged.

16 November 2009

Open Registry Locations from the Clipboard

On several Windows tips sites (like this modest blog), there are Registry keys listed. A fast way to navigate to them is by using RegJump from Sysinternals or Nirsoft RegScanner (the latter is available in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions). Combined with a little AutoHotkey scripting, it's an easy way to open registry locations from web pages:

; AutoHotkey script fragment follows



+^g:: ; press Shift-Ctrl g to activate
 clipback := ClipboardAll
 clipboard =
 Send ^c
 ClipWait
 StringReplace, clipboard, clipboard, `r, , All ; removes carriage returns from copied text
 StringReplace, clipboard, clipboard, `n, , All ; removes line breaks from copied text
 StringReplace, clipboard, clipboard, %A_Space%, , All ; removes spaces from copied text
 Run, "path_to_regscanner\RegScanner.exe" /clipregedit
 clipboard := clipback
 clipback =
 Return

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