Reading and writing Windows Registry via system.dat

stringZ has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hey there,

I'm looking for a library for Perl that could read/write Windows Registry without the Windows API, using files like system.dat or ntuser.dat. As far as I know there is Parse::Win32Registry but it can't write into these registry files. It would be great if I could use this tool under Linux on a dual-boot computer to read and save registry data when Linux is running. Does anyone know a Perl package like this?

Thank you,
stringZ

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Re: Reading and writing Windows Registry via system.dat by Anonymous Monk on Nov 16, 2011 at 11:00 UTC
I'm looking for a library for Perl that could read/ No you're not :) You're looking for Parse::Win32Registry#ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Use it to parse/extract stuff you want, use something to generate .reg files, and then shell out to chntpw+ntreg and import the .reg file Hey, that them there is new search terms Bingo hivex - Windows Registry "hive" extraction library hivexregedit - Merge and export Registry changes from regedit-format files. `$ grep "use Win" hivex-1.3.2\regedit\hivexregedit use Win::Hivex; use Win::Hivex::Regedit qw(reg_import reg_export);` [download]	[reply] [d/l]

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Re: Reading and writing Windows Registry via system.dat
by Anonymous Monk on Nov 16, 2011 at 11:00 UTC

I'm looking for a library for Perl that could read/

No you're not :)

You're looking for Parse::Win32Registry#ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Use it to parse/extract stuff you want, use something to generate .reg files, and then shell out to chntpw+ntreg and import the .reg file

Hey, that them there is new search terms

Bingo

hivex - Windows Registry "hive" extraction library

hivexregedit - Merge and export Registry changes from regedit-format files.

$ grep "use Win" hivex-1.3.2\regedit\hivexregedit
use Win::Hivex;
use Win::Hivex::Regedit qw(reg_import reg_export);
[download]

[reply]
[d/l]