How to insert registry entries from a .reg file into 32-bit registry, on 64-bit Windows

Question

In 64-bit windows (Vista/7), there's HKLM/Software/Wow6432Node where all the 32-bit registry stuff is. If I have a .reg file with some keys in it, how can I tell regedit to import it into the 32-bit registry (under Wow6432Node) rather than the 64-bit registry?

Even if I put the Wow6432 path into the registry keys in the .reg file, Windows "cleverly" ignores them and puts them in the main 64-bit registry.

Answer 1

You should be able to access the 32-bit registry exclusively using the 32 bit version of regedit. Just import your .reg files using:

\Windows\syswow64\regedit.exe <REG_FILE.reg>