The Registry Editor is one of the most complex applications that you have access to as a Windows user, and it's really easy to screw things up if you don't know what you're doing. With that being ...

Last week, a new open-source Registry Editor was released that puts Windows Regedit software to shame by supporting a host of advanced features, making editing the Registry easier than ever.

The Windows Registry Editor Address Bar lets you quickly jump or navigate to any Registry Key. You can also change the Font.

With the release of the April 2018 Update, this has all changed as Microsoft finally introduced an address bar to the Registry Editor that you can paste a Registry key into and automatically open it.

Other time-saving features let you copy a Registry key to the Clipboard and then open the Registry Editor to that key automatically, and to scan for all keys containing a specific value.

Windows 7, however, is far more forgiving than its predecessors when it comes to modifying the Registry, if you use the built-in Windows 7 Registry Editor (Regedit).

These Windows 11 registry hacks will turn you into a PC pro Pro users change features and functions quickly and directly in the registry. We show you how, using Microsoft's tools and others.