Export registry to text file command line

Asked 8 years, 8 months ago. Active 2 years, 6 months ago. Viewed k times. How can I export specific value from the registry to a text file using the command line? Improve this question. Sohail Sohail 2 2 gold badges 6 6 silver badges 11 11 bronze badges.

It's kind of hard to follow what you actually want to export. What do you mean by reg export "giving everything"? Did you specify the exact key you wanted to export?

Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Improve this answer. Nathan C Nathan C 2, 1 1 gold badge 14 14 silver badges 25 25 bronze badges. Laurie Stearn Laurie Stearn 5 5 silver badges 18 18 bronze badges. Joshua Joshua 11 1 1 bronze badge. The above will check if the specified key exist via the Test-IsRegistryKey helper function and once validated export the key in XML format.

I have truncated the output for brevity but all the data in the registry will be converted and written to the specified XML file. While format is not the native. I even have somewhere a book completely dedicated to NT4 registry. In this article I will guide you through the creation, configuration and deployment of an internal NuGet repository that can be used to easily distribute and View all page feedback. In this article. Specifies the full path of the subkey.

The export operation only works with the local computer. The keyname must include a valid root key. If the registry key name contains a space, enclose the key name in quotes. Specifies the name and path of the file to be created during the operation.