{"id":3097,"date":"2016-05-09T19:50:59","date_gmt":"2016-05-09T14:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=3097"},"modified":"2023-07-23T12:50:32","modified_gmt":"2023-07-23T07:20:32","slug":"edit-registry-offline-windows-re","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/edit-registry-offline-windows-re\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Edit the Registry Offline Using Windows Recovery Environment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes, you may need to edit the Windows registry offline to rectify a situation where Windows doesn&#8217;t boot after modifying some settings recently. Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) is a handy platform that provides various system recovery options to diagnose and repair an unbootable Windows installation.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nThis post explains how to edit the Windows registry offline via Recovery Environment. The screenshots are from a Windows 10 computer. The instructions apply to Windows 11 as well.<\/p>\n<h2>How to Edit Windows Registry Offline<\/h2>\n<h3>Step 1:\u00a0Accessing the Recovery Environment<\/h3>\n<p>Press <kbd>WinKey<\/kbd>+<kbd>X<\/kbd>. Click Shut down or sign out, press and hold the <code>SHIFT<\/code> key and click Restart. In Windows 10, you can also open Settings (<kbd>WinKey<\/kbd> + <kbd>i<\/kbd>), click Update and Security, click Recovery, and click the <b>Restart Now<\/b> button under Advanced Startup.<\/p>\n<p>To access Windows RE on an unbootable computer, boot the system using your Windows setup USB disk and access the Recovery Options. Or you may use the Recovery drive if you&#8217;ve created one already.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>See also:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/access-windows-recovery-environment\/\">How to access Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Have the BitLocker key ready if you&#8217;ve enabled BitLocker drive encryption on the OS drive.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In the Recovery Options, click <b>Troubleshoot<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/winre%20(1).png\" width=\"600\" height=\"464\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Click <b>Advanced options<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/winre%20(2).png\" width=\"600\" height=\"391\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At this point, you&#8217;ll be offered various recovery options, such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>System Restore<\/li>\n<li>System Image Recovery<\/li>\n<li>Startup Repair<\/li>\n<li>Command Prompt<\/li>\n<li>Startup Settings<\/li>\n<li>Go back to the previous build<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/winre%20(3).png\" width=\"600\" height=\"373\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If a recent software installation or Malware attack has caused your system unbootable, a System Restore rollback would be ideal. On the other hand, if you want to fix a specific registry setting, or to delete a locked-down file or registry key that you can&#8217;t otherwise modify when Windows is running, click <b>Command Prompt<\/b>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"qt\">\n<h4>BitLocker-encrypted drive?<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> If Windows RE is manually started from a repair disk, then the BitLocker recovery key must be provided to unlock the BitLocker\u2013protected drives.<\/p>\n<p>If your drive has been encrypted using BitLocker Drive Encryption, you&#8217;ll now see the recovery key prompt such as the one below:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25886\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/winre-bitlocker-prompt.png\" alt=\"windows re bitlocker recovery prompt\" width=\"751\" height=\"339\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve forgotten the BitLocker recovery key or lost the printout, you can view the key by signing into your Microsoft account (that&#8217;s not the only way, though) and going to this URL:<\/p>\n<pre>Microsoft account | BitLocker recovery keys:\nhttps:\/\/account.microsoft.com\/devices\/recoverykey\n\nFind my BitLocker recovery key:\nhttps:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows\/find-my-bitlocker-recovery-key-fd2b3501-a4b9-61e9-f5e6-2a545ad77b3e<\/pre>\n<p><em>Even if you launch Command Prompt using the <kbd>Shift<\/kbd> + <kbd>F10<\/kbd> key combination (bypassing the BitLocker recovery screen) or clicking the &#8220;Skip this drive&#8221; option, you won&#8217;t be able to access the encrypted drive. You&#8217;ll be asked to unlock the drive via Control Panel.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>In my case, I haven&#8217;t enabled BitLocker Drive Encryption. So, no BitLocker prompt appeared.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/winre%20(4).png\" width=\"600\" height=\"552\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Select your Windows user account, type the password on the next screen, and click Continue.<\/p>\n<p><em>(If you&#8217;ve booted into Windows RE using the Windows installation or repair disk, you wouldn&#8217;t see the password prompt below.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/winre%20(5).png\" width=\"600\" height=\"274\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/winre%20(6).png\" width=\"600\" height=\"265\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Command Prompt window would now show up.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>Step 2: Find your Windows drive letter (in Windows RE)<\/h3>\n<p>The next job is to find the drive letter of your Windows installation, as seen from Windows RE. This can be done by running the <strong>bcdedit \/enum osloader<\/strong> command.<\/p>\n<p><em>Important: If you&#8217;re accessing Windows RE using a bootable setup or recovery disk, run &#8220;<strong>bcdedit \/enum osloader<\/strong>&#8220;. Else, running &#8220;<strong>bcdedit<\/strong>&#8221; should be sufficient.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/winre%20(7).png\" width=\"600\" height=\"558\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the BCDEDIT command output, look for the boot loader entries containing the fields, namely, <u><b>path<\/b><\/u> (mentioning <code>winload.exe<\/code> or <code>winload.efi<\/code>) or <u><b>osdevice<\/b><\/u> or <u><b>systemroot<\/b><\/u>, and make a note of the drive-letter, which in this case, is <code>D:\\<\/code><\/p>\n<p><em>It doesn&#8217;t have to be <code>D:\\<\/code> in every case; Depending upon the computer, the Windows drive letter (as seen from Windows RE) may be <code>C:\\<\/code> itself. It&#8217;s advisable to run <code><strong>bcdedit \/enum osloader<\/strong><\/code> anyway.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"rp\"><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/run-sfc-offline-windows-10-7-vista\/\">How to Run System File Checker (SFC) Offline in Windows<\/a><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Step 3: Edit the Windows Registry Offline via WinRE<\/h3>\n<p><em>(As per the output in Step 2 above, your Windows installation is in <strong>D:<\/strong> drive in this example.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In the Command Prompt window, type <b>REGEDIT<\/b> and press <kbd>Enter<\/kbd> to launch the Registry Editor.<\/p>\n<p>In the Registry Editor, select the HKEY_USERS hive.<\/p>\n<p>Click the File menu, and click Load Hive&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/winre%20(8).png\" width=\"600\" height=\"385\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i>The Load Hive&#8230; option would be available if you&#8217;re currently in HKEY_USERS or HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. In this case, we select HKEY_USERS and click the Load Hive.. option.<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"rp\"><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/automatically-backup-registry-hives-windows-10\/\">How to Automatically Backup Entire Registry Hives in Windows 10\/11<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"qt\">\n<h4>INFO: Registry hives list<\/h4>\n<p>Registry hives are database files that store data. Here is the list of common registry hives and their description.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/automatically-backup-registry-hives-windows-10\/\">Registry Hive<\/a> Filename<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Registry Key Location (in your Windows installation)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Description<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>%windir%\\system32\\config\\SAM<\/td>\n<td>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SAM<\/td>\n<td>Stores the local user account info and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/windows-password-reset-administrator-user-account\/#admin_activate\">passwords<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>%windir%\\system32\\config\\SYSTEM<\/td>\n<td>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM<\/td>\n<td>Contains <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/windows-11-default-services-configuration\/\">services<\/a>\/devices\/LKG configuration, etc.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>%windir%\\system32\\config\\SOFTWARE<\/td>\n<td>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE<\/td>\n<td>Contains entries added by programs, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/recover-product-keys-unbootable-windows-pc\/\">Product keys<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>%windir%\\system32\\config\\DEFAULT<\/td>\n<td>HKEY_USERS \\.Default<\/td>\n<td>Profile used by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/run-program-as-system-localsystem-account-windows\/\">Local System<\/a> account<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>%userprofile%\\ntuser.dat<\/td>\n<td>HKEY_CURRENT_USER<\/td>\n<td>User registry hive. Stores per-user settings.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>%localappdata%\\Microsoft\\Windows\\usrClass.dat<\/td>\n<td>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Classes<\/td>\n<td>User registry hive. Stores per-user file association settings.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rp\"><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/regfileexport-export-registry-key-hive-offline\/\">RegFileExport Can Export Data from Offline Registry Hives<\/a><\/div>\n<p><em>(In our case, we need to load the <code>SOFTWARE<\/code> registry hive and edit the <code>Winlogon<\/code> \u2192 <code>UserInit<\/code> registry value. However, if you need to modify the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/windows-11-default-services-configuration\/\">services configuration<\/a> or startup type, you need to load the <code>SYSTEM<\/code> registry hive instead of <code>SOFTWARE<\/code>.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Browse or type the path to the <code>SOFTWARE<\/code> registry hive of your Windows installation, which is in <strong>D:\\<\/strong> drive <strong>in this example<\/strong>, as per the output in &#8220;<strong>Step 2<\/strong>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p>The path to the <code>SOFTWARE<\/code> registry hive of your Windows installation (when seen from Windows RE) would be &#8220;<code>d:\\windows\\system32\\config\\software<\/code>&#8220;. Type the path and click Open.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/winre%20(9).png\" width=\"600\" height=\"552\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mention a name for the loaded hive.. it can be anything.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/winre%20(10).png\" width=\"600\" height=\"258\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The SOFTWARE registry key is now mounted to a branch named <code>MyKey<\/code>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/winre%20(11).png\" width=\"600\" height=\"304\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The loaded SOFTWARE hive (MyKey) is nothing but the following registry path of your Windows installation:<\/p>\n<pre>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software<\/pre>\n<h4>Fixing a Registry Key\/Value<\/h4>\n<p>Let&#8217;s assume you want to fix the <code>Userinit<\/code> registry value, which was modified by malware, and you cannot log on to your profile. To fix the <code>Userinit<\/code> value, go to the following branch:<\/p>\n<pre>HKEY_USERS\\MyKey\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Winlogon<\/pre>\n<p>Double-click the Userinit value, and fix the path accordingly.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/winre%20(12).png\" width=\"600\" height=\"552\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Note: You&#8217;ll need to use the actual path to your Windows installation (<u>NOT<\/u> the Win RE assigned drive letter D:&#41;. If Windows is installed in C:\\, then the <code>Userinit<\/code> registry value data should be:<\/p>\n<pre>C:\\Windows\\System32\\Userinit.exe,<\/pre>\n<p><em>(You must include the trailing comma as well)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><i><b>Related post:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/cannot-find-script-run-vbs-logon\/\">Here is a case<\/a> where malware had modified the <b>Userinit<\/b> value (and locked down the Task Manager in some systems), thus blocking the user from logging on to their user account. Check out the article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/cannot-find-script-run-vbs-logon\/\">Fix &#8220;Can not find script file C:\\WINDOWS\\run.vbs&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0 for more information.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Once the changes are made, it&#8217;s time to Unload the hive. To do so, go back to the &#8220;<code>MyKey<\/code>&#8221; branch, click the File menu, and choose Unload Hive&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/winre%20(13).png\" width=\"599\" height=\"316\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it! Type <b>EXIT<\/b> in the Command Prompt window. Continue to Windows.<\/p>\n<p>Optionally, once you&#8217;re successfully logged on to your user account, load the Registry Editor, and you&#8217;ll see that the value you modified offline is reflected there.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25887\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/windows-registry-offline-verify.png\" alt=\"offline registry hive edit\" width=\"628\" height=\"145\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>The above step is not needed anyway. It&#8217;s just in case you&#8217;re curious if the offline registry editing has worked.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes, you may need to edit the Windows registry offline to rectify a situation where Windows doesn&#8217;t boot after modifying some settings recently. Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) is a handy platform that provides various system recovery options to diagnose and repair an unbootable Windows installation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[441,680],"class_list":["post-3097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows","tag-registry","tag-windows-recovery-environment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5289,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/system-restore-rollback-windows-10-recovery-options\/","url_meta":{"origin":3097,"position":0},"title":"Perform System Restore Rollback Offline via Windows RE","author":"Ramesh","date":"January 29, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"System Restore is an excellent tool that can rescue the system from catastrophe. 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