How do i navigate to hkey local machine

Right-click Start , then select Run. Type regedit in the Open: box, and then select OK. Windows 10 More Need more help? Expand your skills. Get new features first. Was this information helpful? Yes No. Thank you! Any more feedback? The script simply sets the "last used" key in the registry, before then opening it. Open Notepad, stick this into it and save it as FooBar.

Shell" WshShell. Kez Kez Changing the key to be opened to would require editing the script each time, unless it was supplied as a command line argument. Nice solution though, very useful.

Well, I like this one as a solution because its extensible and teaches some basic scripting. I'm assuming you use a input box because running a script via command line requires invoking it via the script host? I deleted my comments.

Try both and see which is easiest :- — Kez. Anuresh Kothari Anuresh Kothari 1 1 silver badge 2 2 bronze badges. Thanks, very useful. In RegEdit you have the ability to bookmark paths. From the top menu choose Favorites Add to Favorites. Steven Penny 9, 20 20 gold badges silver badges bronze badges.

Often we use these tools and just know exactly where to go, also often missing built-in tooling that we don't notice because we aren't looking at the menu bar.

Nircmd too can do it. When I told the author, Gary Chanson, about regjump and asked if it might be possible to pass the clipboard contents as a command argument, he updated it to allow passing the contents of the clipboard buffer as a variable which means; When I now copy any key to the clipboard, all I have to do is hit the kotkey for QMenu and type "J" to go directly to that key in Regedit.

Hope that this information is of value. Beverly Howard. Welcome to Super User! That's a great reply, but would you mind adding some of the information you have on the page you linked to? It's all good and all, but it's best if it's here - that way, should you site go down or change, the answer to the question is still available. There is no way of doing this with the standard Registry Editor on it's own. William Hilsum William Hilsum k 19 19 gold badges silver badges bronze badges.

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Download Microsoft Edge More info. Contents Exit focus mode. Applies to: Windows 10 - all editions Original KB number: Summary The registry in bit versions of Windows is divided into bit and bit keys.

View bit and bit registry keys You can view or edit both bit and bit registry keys and values by using the default bit version of Registry Editor.