vbscript based interactive registry viewer

Sometimes (don’t ask me why) when you are hacking some terminal server it happens that an administrator has disabled regedit.exe and reg.exe, but forgot about visual basic script (vbs). I know, I know everyone is all busy with powershell, but trust me sometimes vbs is the right script for the job. So I hacked together a quick script to view the registry which you can find on my github:

https://github.com/DiabloHorn/DiabloHorn/blob/master/misc/regview.vbs

It should be pretty self-explanatory, but just in case here is some example usage:

C:\>cscript regview.vbs
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.8
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

[] help

help - displays this help
cd  - change to that key
back - go to parent/previous key
ls - list current subkeys
lsv - list current key values
use - root key number to use
        0 - HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
        1 - HKEY_CURRENT_USER
        2 - HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
        3 - HKEY_USERS
        4 - HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG

[] use
key number: 1
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\] cd software\vmware, inc.
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\vmware, inc.] ls
VMware Tools
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\vmware, inc.] cd vmware tools
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\vmware, inc.\vmware tools] lsv
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\vmware, inc.\vmware tools] ls
Hgfs Usability
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\vmware, inc.\vmware tools] cd hgfs usability
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\vmware, inc.\vmware tools\hgfs usability] lsv
Entry Name: mappedDriveLetter
        Data Type: String
        Value: z
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\vmware, inc.\vmware tools\hgfs usability] back
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\vmware, inc.\vmware tools] back
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\vmware, inc.] exit

I know it lacks a search function, I’ll see if I get around to implement it any time soon. A script to change values is a whole other story though and something I don’t really need that often. If you encounter bugs, do fix them :)