hivexml(1)

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version 1.3.24 · 15 versions
, in opensuse-leap 16.0

💖 hivexml(1) — the Windows Registry one, bestie 💖

okay so real talk: this is a page from the Windows Registry manual section, and it's literally about turning a Registry hive into XML. yes, that Registry. windows. the hive. we're doing this. 🐝✨

✨ NAME ✨

hivexml — converts a Windows Registry binary "hive" into XML. that's the whole vibe. one job, does it slay. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

hivexml [-dk] hivefile > output.xml

that's it. one hive in, one XML out, redirect it wherever your heart desires. 🫶

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so this program takes a single Windows Registry binary "hive" file and converts it into a self-describing XML format. singular. one hive. don't come at it with a whole directory of them, it's not that kind of program. 🎀

"self-describing" meaning the XML literally explains itself, no cap. it's giving main character energy in markup form. 👑

💜 OPTIONS 💜

  • -d — enables lots of debug messages. and listen, bestie, this one matters: if you find a Registry file this program can't parse, please turn this option on and post the complete output and the Registry file in your bug report. full receipts, both of them, that's the assignment. 🙈
  • -k — keep going even if we find errors in the Registry file. it just skips over any parts of the Registry we can't read. resilient queen behavior. 💪
  • -u — use heuristics to tolerate certain levels of corruption within hives.
⚠️ heads up: this is unsafe — like, technically it may let you export/merge valid keys/values in an otherwise corrupted hive, but "unsafe" is right there in the description, so don't say nobody warned you. 💀 (yes the original says "othewise". we're keeping the energy. 😭)

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

hivex(3), hivexget(1), hivexsh(1), hivexregedit(1), virt-win-reg(1), guestfs(3), <http://libguestfs.org/>, virt-cat(1), virt-edit(1).

go read them, iykyk. 📚✨

🌈 AUTHORS 🌈

Richard W.M. Jones ("rjones at redhat dot com"). iconic. 👑

Copyright (C) 2009 Red Hat Inc.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.

and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🧚💖 this gorgeous little number comes from hivex-1.3.24, dated 2024-09-04 — so you know exactly which era of slay you're working with. now go convert a hive, you've got this. 🍓🌸⭐

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