Reg query Command in Windows Server 2008
In this article I am going to explain about reg query command in windows server 2008 operating system.
Reg query command in Windows Server 2008
The reg query command is used to return a list of the next tier of subkeys ans entire that are located under a specified subkey in the registry.
Syntax of Reg query command
reg query keyname [ { /v <ValueName> | /ve} ] [/s] [/se <separator>] [/f <data>] [{/k | /d}] [/c] [/e] [/t <type>] [/z] filename |
Parameters in Reg query command
There are the following parameter in the reg query command:
Parameter |
Description |
KeyName |
It specifies the full path of the subkey. |
/v ValueName |
It specifies registry value name that is to be queried. |
/ve |
It runs a query for value names that are empty. |
/s |
It specifies to query all subkeys and value name recursively. |
/se <separator> |
It specifies the single value separator to search for in the value name type REG_MULTI_SZ. |
/f <data> |
It specifies the data or pattern to search for. |
/k |
It specifies to search in key names only. |
/d |
It specifies to search in data only. |
/c |
It specifies that query is a case sensitive. |
/e |
It specifies to return only exact matches. |
/t <type> |
It specifies registry types to search. |
/z |
It specifies to include the numeric equivalent for the registry type in search result. |
Example of Reg query command
REG QUERY HKLM\Software\MyCo\DBI.EXE |
Output:

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