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How to be informed/notified of registry modifications

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    Alexandre GRANVAUD
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    Hi, i need to know when some (or every, if no other way) keys of the windows' registry are modified or added or removed. I looked for some kind of hooks but didn't manage to do it... Is there a way to achieve this ? thanks ;)

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      Hi, i need to know when some (or every, if no other way) keys of the windows' registry are modified or added or removed. I looked for some kind of hooks but didn't manage to do it... Is there a way to achieve this ? thanks ;)

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      David Crow
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      Alexandre GRANVAUD wrote:

      Hi, i need to know when some (or every, if no other way) keys of the windows' registry are modified or added or removed.

      See RegNotifyChangeKeyValue().


      "A good athlete is the result of a good and worthy opponent." - David Crow

      "To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have deference for others governs our manners." - Laurence Sterne

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        Alexandre GRANVAUD wrote:

        Hi, i need to know when some (or every, if no other way) keys of the windows' registry are modified or added or removed.

        See RegNotifyChangeKeyValue().


        "A good athlete is the result of a good and worthy opponent." - David Crow

        "To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have deference for others governs our manners." - Laurence Sterne

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        Alexandre GRANVAUD
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        yeah thanks a lot ! :)

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          Alexandre GRANVAUD wrote:

          Hi, i need to know when some (or every, if no other way) keys of the windows' registry are modified or added or removed.

          See RegNotifyChangeKeyValue().


          "A good athlete is the result of a good and worthy opponent." - David Crow

          "To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have deference for others governs our manners." - Laurence Sterne

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          led mike
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          Is Microsoft still hiding that stuff in the documentation?

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            Hi, i need to know when some (or every, if no other way) keys of the windows' registry are modified or added or removed. I looked for some kind of hooks but didn't manage to do it... Is there a way to achieve this ? thanks ;)

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            Hamid Taebi
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            See Registry List Control[^] is helpful for you


            WhiteSky


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              See Registry List Control[^] is helpful for you


              WhiteSky


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              Alexandre GRANVAUD
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              Thanks guys ! ^^

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                Alexandre GRANVAUD wrote:

                Hi, i need to know when some (or every, if no other way) keys of the windows' registry are modified or added or removed.

                See RegNotifyChangeKeyValue().


                "A good athlete is the result of a good and worthy opponent." - David Crow

                "To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have deference for others governs our manners." - Laurence Sterne

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                Alexandre GRANVAUD
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                Ok i tried this function but the only thing it does is notifying me something has changed under a specified regkey. But how do i know what exactly changed ?

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                  Ok i tried this function but the only thing it does is notifying me something has changed under a specified regkey. But how do i know what exactly changed ?

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                  Alexandre GRANVAUD wrote:

                  But how do i know what exactly changed ?

                  You mean what value was changed?


                  "A good athlete is the result of a good and worthy opponent." - David Crow

                  "To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have deference for others governs our manners." - Laurence Sterne

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                    Alexandre GRANVAUD wrote:

                    But how do i know what exactly changed ?

                    You mean what value was changed?


                    "A good athlete is the result of a good and worthy opponent." - David Crow

                    "To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have deference for others governs our manners." - Laurence Sterne

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                    Alexandre GRANVAUD
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                    yes or what subkey was added/removed ... etc

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                      yes or what subkey was added/removed ... etc

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                      David Crow
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                      You'll need to compare before and after "snapshots."


                      "A good athlete is the result of a good and worthy opponent." - David Crow

                      "To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have deference for others governs our manners." - Laurence Sterne

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                        You'll need to compare before and after "snapshots."


                        "A good athlete is the result of a good and worthy opponent." - David Crow

                        "To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have deference for others governs our manners." - Laurence Sterne

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                        Alexandre GRANVAUD
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                        that's what i already do but it's very very slow because ineed to compare 2 trees of HKLM\Classes ! no way to get only the things that changed ?

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                          that's what i already do but it's very very slow because ineed to compare 2 trees of HKLM\Classes ! no way to get only the things that changed ?

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                          Alexandre GRANVAUD wrote:

                          no way to get only the things that changed ?

                          None that I know of.


                          "A good athlete is the result of a good and worthy opponent." - David Crow

                          "To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have deference for others governs our manners." - Laurence Sterne

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                            Alexandre GRANVAUD wrote:

                            no way to get only the things that changed ?

                            None that I know of.


                            "A good athlete is the result of a good and worthy opponent." - David Crow

                            "To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have deference for others governs our manners." - Laurence Sterne

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                            Alexandre GRANVAUD
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                            :( so is there a way to extract a .reg (snapshot) at one time, extract another one after and a tool to compare and save another .reg containing the differences ?

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                              :( so is there a way to extract a .reg (snapshot) at one time, extract another one after and a tool to compare and save another .reg containing the differences ?

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                              David Crow
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                              Yes, see RegSaveKey().


                              "A good athlete is the result of a good and worthy opponent." - David Crow

                              "To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have deference for others governs our manners." - Laurence Sterne

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                                Yes, see RegSaveKey().


                                "A good athlete is the result of a good and worthy opponent." - David Crow

                                "To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have deference for others governs our manners." - Laurence Sterne

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                                Alexandre GRANVAUD
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                                great :) with this i can do my 2 snapshots (are they .reg files ?) but how to compare and extract differencies from the 2 snapshots ?

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                                  great :) with this i can do my 2 snapshots (are they .reg files ?) but how to compare and extract differencies from the 2 snapshots ?

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                                  Alexandre GRANVAUD wrote:

                                  (are they .reg files ?)

                                  That's determined by the second argument.

                                  Alexandre GRANVAUD wrote:

                                  but how to compare and extract differencies from the 2 snapshots ?

                                  The same way you would compare any two files. For a quick & dirty approach, you could capture the output of fc.exe.


                                  "A good athlete is the result of a good and worthy opponent." - David Crow

                                  "To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have deference for others governs our manners." - Laurence Sterne

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                                    Alexandre GRANVAUD wrote:

                                    (are they .reg files ?)

                                    That's determined by the second argument.

                                    Alexandre GRANVAUD wrote:

                                    but how to compare and extract differencies from the 2 snapshots ?

                                    The same way you would compare any two files. For a quick & dirty approach, you could capture the output of fc.exe.


                                    "A good athlete is the result of a good and worthy opponent." - David Crow

                                    "To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have deference for others governs our manners." - Laurence Sterne

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                                    Alexandre GRANVAUD
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                                    fc.exe is it included in windows ?

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                                      fc.exe is it included in windows ?

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                                      David Crow
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                                      As far as I know, it's part of the standard installation.


                                      "A good athlete is the result of a good and worthy opponent." - David Crow

                                      "To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have deference for others governs our manners." - Laurence Sterne

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                                        As far as I know, it's part of the standard installation.


                                        "A good athlete is the result of a good and worthy opponent." - David Crow

                                        "To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have deference for others governs our manners." - Laurence Sterne

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                                        Alexandre GRANVAUD
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                                        nice :) but the second argument you mentionned is just the filename not the fileformat, i'd need text file format (like .regs are)

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                                          nice :) but the second argument you mentionned is just the filename not the fileformat, i'd need text file format (like .regs are)

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                                          David Crow
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                                          Alexandre GRANVAUD wrote:

                                          i'd need text file format (like .regs are)

                                          Which is what RegSaveKey() does.


                                          "A good athlete is the result of a good and worthy opponent." - David Crow

                                          "To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have deference for others governs our manners." - Laurence Sterne

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