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Description for Open-Registry.ps1
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function Open-Registry{ | |
[CmdletBinding()] | |
[Alias("regJump")] | |
param( | |
[Parameter(Position=0)] | |
$regKey | |
) | |
#check for clipbaord only if no argument provided | |
if (!$regKey){ | |
#split the clipboard content by crlf and get of trailing crlf in case clipboard populated via piping it to clip.exe | |
$cmd = { | |
Add-Type -Assembly PresentationCore | |
[Windows.Clipboard]::GetText() -split "`r`n" | where {$_} | |
} | |
#in case its run from the powershell commandline | |
if([Threading.Thread]::CurrentThread.GetApartmentState() -eq 'MTA') { | |
$regKey = & powershell -STA -Command $cmd | |
} | |
else { | |
$regKey = & $cmd | |
} | |
} | |
foreach ($key in $regKey){ | |
$replacers = @{ | |
'HKCU:?\\'='HKEY_CURRENT_USER\' | |
'HKLM:?\\'='HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\' | |
'HKU:?\\'='HKEY_USERS\' | |
'HKCC:?\\'='HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG\' | |
'HKCR:?\\'='HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\' | |
} | |
#replace hive shortnames with or without PowerShell Syntax + remove trailing backslash | |
$properKey = $key | |
$replacers.GetEnumerator() | foreach { | |
$properKey = $properKey.ToUpper() -replace $_.Key, $_.Value -replace '\\$' | |
} | |
#check if the path points to an existing key or its parent is an existing value | |
#add one level since we don't want the first iteration of the loop to remove a level | |
$path = "$properKey\dummyFolder" | |
#test the registry path and revert to parent path until valid path is found otherwise return $false | |
while(Split-Path $path -OutVariable path){ | |
$providerPath = $providerPath = "Registry::$path" | |
if (Test-Path $providerPath){ | |
break | |
} | |
} | |
if ($path){ | |
Set-ItemProperty HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Regedit\ -Name LastKey -Value $path -Force | |
#start regedit using m switch to allow for multiple instances | |
$regeditInstance = [Diagnostics.Process]::Start("regedit","-m") | |
#wait the regedit window to appear | |
while ($regeditInstance.MainWindowHandle -eq 0){ | |
sleep -Milliseconds 100 | |
} | |
} | |
else{ | |
Write-Warning "Neither ""$key"" nor any of its parents does exist" | |
} | |
} | |
} | |
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