If you are using a debugger based on the Windows debugging engine, you can use the !dreg command to dump a registry key, but what if you want to modify a registry key?
I don't know how often it happens to you,
but it happens to us a lot here inside Microsoft:
You are given a remote debugging connection to
a process that is running on some computer to which
you have no physical access.
You therefore cannot just run regedit
and do your registry work there.
You may also be in a situation where you don't want
to run regedit because running another
process would interfere with the issue you are debugging.¹
One way to set a registry key from inside the debugger is
to
simulate a call to the RegSetValueEx function.
Or you can think outside the box:
Use the .shell command and shell out to
reg.exe.
0:001> .shell reg add hkcu\Software\Contoso /v UseWarpCore /t REG_DWORD /d 1
This assumes that the debugger was created without the
-noshell option.
Otherwise, you're back to simulating the call.
¹
Usually because you are debugging some focus-related
problem, and running regedit changes focus.
Or, if you work in my building,
because you are debugging Explorer itself
and therefore cannot launch any new programs.
