Registry Compare Commands

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Following is a description of the Registry Compare commands, in addition to the common commands. Most of these commands are available as toolbar buttons.

Pick Tools > Options and switch to the Toolbars, etc. page to define your own keyboard shortcuts, and hide or expose commands on the menus and toolbars.

The Session menu

	Save Session	Saves the current session.
	Save Session As	Saves the current session under a new name.
	Session Settings	Opens the Registry Compare Session Settings dialog.
	Locked	Locks or unlocks current session.
	Clear Session	Replaces the current view with an empty Registry Compare.
	Swap Sides	Exchanges the left and right registries.
	Up One Level > Left Side / Right Side / Both Sides	Changes either or both base keys to their parent keys.
	Reload	Reloads the displayed registries.
	Recompare	Recompares the displayed registries without reloading.
	Registry Compare Report	Produces the Registry Compare report.
	Registry Compare Info	Displays comparison statistics.
	Compare Files Using	Opens the displayed files in a new session using a different class of file view.
	Compare Parent Folders	Opens a new Folder Compare session based on the parent folders of the currently loaded files.

The File menu

	Open	Opens a registry into the picked pane.
	Open Registry *	Opens a live registry into the picked pane.
	Open Registry File on File System *	Opens an existing local registry file into the picked pane.
	Open Registry File Using Profile *	Opens an existing registry file into the picked pane using a profile.
	Open With	Opens the picked pane's file in one of the external Open With applications.
	Open With > Associated Application	Opens the picked pane's file with its associated application.
	Open With > Text Edit	Opens the picked pane's file with the built-in text editor.
	Explorer	Displays the file manager's context menu for the file in the picked pane.

The Edit menu

	Set as Base Keys	Sets selected keys as base keys.
	Set Both as Base Keys	Sets selected key and key on other side as base keys.
	Set as Base Key on Other Side	Sets selected key as base key on other side.
	Undo	Undoes previous action.
	Redo	Redoes previously undone action.
	Copy to Right / Copy to Left *	Copies selected items to indicated side.
	Copy to Other Side	Copies selected items to opposite side. The caption and icon appear as Copy to Right or Copy to Left depending on the current side.
	Copy	Copies selection to the Clipboard.
	Delete	Deletes selected items.
	Rename	Renames current item.
	New Key	Adds a new key.
	New Value	Adds a new value.
	Modify	Modifies current value.
	Copy Key Name	Copies current key's name to Clipboard.
	Export	Saves current key as registry file.
	Export All	Saves all keys as registry file.
	Select All	Selects all visible items in the current pane.

The Search menu

	Next Difference Item	Positions at next difference item.
	Previous Difference Item	Positions at previous difference item.
	Next Difference Files	Opens the parent folder session's next pair of files with differences. (Child sessions only.)
	Previous Difference Files	Opens the parent folder session's previous pair of files with differences. (Child sessions only.)
	Copy File to Right and Open Next Difference	Copies the entire left-side file to the right and opens the folder session's next different files. (Child sessions only.)
	Copy File to Left and Open Next Difference	Copies the entire right-side file to the left and opens the folder session's next different files. (Child sessions only.)
	Find	Searches for matching text.
	Find Next	Finds next occurrence of search string.
	Find Previous	Finds previous occurrence of search string.

The View menu

	Show All	Shows all items, with or without differences.
	Show Differences	Shows only items with differences.
	Show Same	Shows only items without differences.
	Show None *	Hides all items.
	Expand All	Opens all items.
	Collapse All	Closes all items.
	Visible Whitespace	Shows or hides visible spaces, tabs.
	Display Font *	Selects the font to use to display file data.
	Increase Display Font Size *	Increases listing font size.
	Decrease Display Font Size *	Decreases listing font size.
	Reset Display Font Size *	Resets listing font size.
	Side-by-side Layout	Arranges panes left and right of each other.
	Over-under Layout	Arranges panes above and below each other.
	Text Details	Shows or hides the text details panel at bottom of view.
	Hex Details	Shows or hides the hexadecimal details panel at bottom of view.
	File Info	Shows or hides file information panels at the top of panes.
	Toolbar	Shows or hides the toolbar.

* Hidden by default.

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