Registry Comparison Tool

[Rajesh R Subramanian]

Is there some tool which could compare the state of my registry, win.ini and system.ini files before and after installation of some software, so that I could come to know the changes that the software has made. I know system mechanic, but no thanks, I am not paying $50 for this purpose. Thanks and regards, Rajesh R. Subramanian

[mitooki]

I believe this utility might help you: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,9882,00.asp[^] It costs $5.97 for a one-off download.

[Jan R Hansen]

Sysinternals regmon http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Regmon.html[^] Do you know why it's important to make fast decisions? Because you give yourself more time to correct your mistakes, when you find out that you made the wrong one. Chris Meech on deciding whether to go to his daughters graduation or a Neil Young concert

[Rage]

A cheap solution: Do an export of the whole registry (in a .reg file), install your app, do an export of the whole registry again, and compare the two files with WinMerge or A free evaluation of Araxis. ~RaGE();

[Saurabh Garg]

try RegShot[^]

[megaadam]

Jan R Hansen wrote:

Sysinternals regmon http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Regmon.html\[^\]

Yep, Sysinternals rule. This little darling will show you the changes as they happen, no need to compare different snapshots. :) _____________________________________ Action without thought is not action Action without emotion is not life

[Joel Holdsworth]

I used to use a program called InstallSpy - which tended to crash. I now use Total Uninstaller: http://www.martau.com/[^] - it's the system change spy that you want, with the built in support for reversing all those changes. Joel Holdsworth Wanna give me a job this summer? Check out my online CV and project history[^] - now available in MSWord format![^]

[TheGreatAndPowerfulOz]

You could just dump the entire registry using regedit to a text file before and after the install and do a comparison of the two. as for win.ini and system.ini just make a copy before and compare the files after the install.

[SilentSilent]

Google for 'RegCompare'