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		Avshalom on June 26, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Boiling frog, or when did we lose it with /etc? 'regedit' is not a special tool on windows. It's in every install of windows and you can use it open any registry file.

wallyhs on June 26, 2015 [–]

Sure, but what if my only Windows system won't boot? I am sure that I can access the registry from a Linux system somehow, but it's not as easy as invoking less or vim. That is especially true if the Linux system doesn't have a GUI. I don't need a GUI to read a text file.

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