System - Registry (19)

This is awesome. Easily list all the registry keys you're looking for AND a nice suprise was the ability to create a delete .reg file for easy batch removal of entries. Excellent for cleaning out all those old entries that not even the best 'registry cleaners' will miss. Just make sure you know what you're doing.

This program works with Vista retail too (run as admin and/or with UAC set to auto-elevate, etc). It's also much easier than RegEdit's F3 search, and has sophisticated filtering. Thanks for this good tool.

Many programs, even portable ones, leave behind a lot of registry data that is much easier to trace thanks to RegScanner. Ever since I started using it I've seldom edited my registry without it.

for thiose having trouble with this app, there are 2 versions; 32bit and 64bit. if you run a 64bit OS you'll probably want both - 32bit for monitoring 32bit apps and 64 for 64 apps

only problem i run into with this wonderful app is it doesn't work for all apps.

@Magibon

I find that RegFromApp will only capture reg writes if the app your monitoring is actually doing the writing.

Let's say your monitoring an app/installer that creates a 'Working directory' e.g. %temp%/MonitoredApp and dumps some files that now write to the registry, these writes do not get captured because the monitored app is not doing the writing.

How I find RegFromApp useful:

1. In concert with Regshot: RegFromApp will only capture writes from the program not the system.

2. Capture and Export: I use Chromium web browser and pass args on the command line to keep all files in the app directory e.g. --user-data-dir=.\
The only problem is that when I "Make Chromium my Default Browser" it doesn't transfer the command line to the registry.

By starting Chromium from/within RegFromApp as an admin I can capture these reg entries and export for editing (search and replace) with a text editor and add the command line and merge back into the registry.

Wow, it's back to being freeware again!
The best, lightest registry monitor of it's kind around.

I cannot download MJ Registry Watcher 1.2.7.2. Avast blocks it saying that it's a malware... arwwdwin.exe in the zip seems to be the culprit.
Any idea about this problem?

arwwdwin.exe is a watchdog program that makes sure that RegWatcher can't be terminated by malicious software without you knowing it. It's not harmful in this case, but these kind of programs do often trigger false positives. That's a good thing, but it's up to you to decide if the program is legit or not.
You can always check out the RegWatcher forums or scan the file at http://virusscan.jotti.org/ if you're not sure.
Version 1.2.7.3 is completely clean on jotti.org

@Kea - Did you check 'Do real clean (simulation otherwise)' lower left corner?

Yes, I used "Do real clean"...

Then maybe USBOblivion didn't run with the required privileges: try right click and "Run as administrator"...