WinRegal

"Use the Windows Registry like a king"

A Modern Python wrapper for the Windows Registry (wrapping winreg)

Python Windows Registry Module

Access Registry like a dict

Install

pip install winregal

Usage

Use winregal.RegKey along with the 'with' statement to access any key of your choice. winregal handles key opening and closing for you and makes iteration really simple.

Get a Key hierarchy with all values as a dictionary

Example : Print Putty sessions

In[2]: from winregal import RegKey
In[3]: with RegKey("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\SimonTatham\PuTTY\Sessions") as key:
...     print(key.to_dict())
...
{'Server1: {'UserName': u'user', 'HostName': u'192.168.48.131', ... },
 'Server2': {'UserName': u'user', 'HostName': u'192.168.48.132', ... }}

Iterate over Key hierarchy handling only values

Example : Print most recently run commands(RunMru)

In[1]: with RegKey("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RunMRU") as key:
...     for item in key:
...         if isinstance(item, RegValue):
...             print(item.name, item.data)
...
('a', u'cmd\\1')
('b', u'winword\\1')
('c', u'notepad\\1')
('d', u'control\\1')
('e', u'regedit\\1')
('f', u'calc\\1')
('j', u'notepad++\\1')

Directly access a value / key

In[10]: with RegKey("HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerRunMRU") as key: ... print(key['a'].data) ... cmd1

Next in module Development

• Support ConnectRegistry (via RegKey.__init__)
• Wrap Edit/Save/Delete operations: e.g. CreateKey, DeleteKey, DeleteValue, SetValue, SaveKey

Contact me (py@bitweis.com) if you need these anytime soon.