Registry Explorer¶
What Registry Explorer does¶
Using this tool
Registry Explorer supports Registry analysis. In this guide, you will use it to open copied hives, map user or system context, and interpret one relevant key. Follow the steps below and keep the output with your notes.
Tool guide at a glance¶
Open copied hives, map user or system context, and interpret one relevant key.
Copied Windows Registry hives with their available transaction logs and profile context.
A key or value finding linked to its hive, user or system context, parser, and limitations.
Evidence and safety
Never edit source hives. Keep user SID, control set, and transaction log context attached. Record the input identifier, tool version, relevant commands or settings, time and time zone, output location, and any errors or limitations as you work.
Choose your journey¶
01Understand the evidenceLearn the Registry analysis concepts and limitations.Complete when you can explain what the evidence can and cannot show.Beginner · No tool required 02Follow the Registry Explorer guideFollow the steps and screenshots below.Complete when the documented workflow produces its expected output.Guided · SUSA workstation · Time varies 03Interactive labPractise the tool workflow in a safe browser simulation.Complete when the guided result is supported by the case evidence.Beginner · Browser only 04Full LabUse your own training data, keep the output and explain what you found.Complete when another analyst can reproduce and verify the outcome.Intermediate · Isolated lab
How the labs complement this guide
The Interactive Lab uses example records to practise investigation decisions. It does not run the installed tool or establish how that version behaves. The Full Lab uses your own training environment and evidence. Obtain or create the required input before starting; a case name in an exercise is not a download.
Accessing Registry Explorer in SUSA¶
Registry Explorer is part of EZ Tools, used to view and analyse Windows Registry hives offline.
Work from copied hives and retain their associated transaction logs when available. Note which hive, control set, user profile and time zone you are examining, and corroborate Registry values with file system and event evidence rather than interpreting a key in isolation.
The tool is available in C:\Tools\Zimmerman Tools\net9\RegistryExplorer.