WinFindr is a great tool for searching for registry data in Windows. It supports searching for registry keys, registry entries and registry values. In case you are not familiar with the registry, it is a database that stores configuration data for the Windows operating system and applications. A registry key is like a folder in the registry. A registry entry is like a file in the registry. And a registry value is like the content of a file, or a registry entry in this case.
To search for registry entries by type in Windows with WinFindr, you need to follow these steps:
- Open WinFindr. Download it now if you haven’t already.
- Control-Click on the “Registry entries” checkbox to only search for registry entries. (Optional step)
- Select “Search registry entry names” if you want to find registry entries by name, and/or select “Search registry entry values” if you want to find registry entries by value.
- Enter the search word or phrase you want to search for, for example “Firefox”. Notice that you can enter multiple search words (one per line).
- Select “Look for registry entries of specific type” and select the type of registry entries you want to search for, for example search for REG_SZ, REG_EXPAND_SZ or REG_MULTI_SZ registry entries.
- Click on the “Start” button to start the search.
- WinFindr will now search for all registry entries whose name or value contains the given search terms.
This is how the the search would look like:
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You should download WinFindr – because searching for files with Windows Search is like dating apps: you know what you want, but you’ll never find it.
