Have you ever gone back into regedit for the same key you visited last week, and spent five minutes clicking through HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, SOFTWARE, Microsoft, Windows… until you finally found it? I sure have. Regedit has a Favorites menu, but it’s tiny, it has no search, and it never tells you what a key actually does.
So I built a better set of regedit favorites. Registry Favorites keeps all your go-to keys in one dark, searchable window. Stop clicking through regedit’s tree: double-click a favorite and regedit opens right at that key.
Pick a key, double-click, and you’re there. That’s it.
Ready the Minute You Open It
It comes loaded with 76 handy registry keys in 12 categories, so it’s useful the minute you open it. Startup programs, File Explorer settings, appearance, privacy and telemetry, network, policies, recent-file history and more. Keys that need admin rights to change are tagged [admin], so there are no surprises.
What It Does
Jump Straight to the Key
Double-click a favorite (or select it and click Jump). Regedit opens, or comes to the front if it’s already open, and lands exactly on that key. No more digging.
Find Any Key Fast
Pick a category from the dropdown, or just start typing in the Search box. It filters live across the name, the category and the full registry path, so typing “run” finds the startup Run keys right away. The Clear button resets it in one click.
Know What a Key Does Before You Touch It
Rest your mouse on any favorite for about a second and a small pop-up explains, in plain English, what that key controls. Recording a video or just don’t need them? Click Disable Tips and they stay off until you turn them back on.
Add Your Own in Seconds
Click Add and fill in the key three ways:
- Grab from regedit: grabs whatever key regedit is sitting on right now.
- From clipboard: pastes a registry path you copied from a web page or a forum post.
- Type it in: type or paste the path yourself.
Put it in any category you like, or make up a new one. Edit and Delete work the way you’d expect, and every change saves automatically.
Bring Your Regedit Favorites Along
Already saved a few favorites inside regedit? Click Import Favorites and they all come over into a “User Favorites” category.
Stays Out of Your Way
It lives in the system tray. Clicking the X just hides the window, and one click on the tray icon brings it right back. The window is fully dark (easy on the eyes) and resizes to show long paths.
Read the Documentation First
Want to see exactly how it works before you buy? The full user guide is free. It comes as a small zip with the PDF and HTML versions inside, so you can read every feature at your own pace.
Download the Registry Favorites user guide (free, no purchase needed)
Requirements
- Windows 10 or 11 (the dark title bar needs Windows 10 version 1809 or newer)
- AutoHotkey v2.0.2 or newer
- No admin rights needed to run it. Changing keys tagged [admin] needs regedit run as administrator.
Your time is worth more than clicking through folders. Stop clicking through regedit’s tree: double-click a favorite and regedit opens right at that key.
