How to use Regedit utility to see Virtual Registry for a win32 uwp app

Question

Is it possible to see the Virtual Registry of my win32 UWP App (desktop-bridge converted)? I know that all programmatic access goes to the virtual registry and that works. But I want to view it with RegEdit. Any solutions?

I remember viewing it about a year back but don't remember the details.

Answer 1

Yes, you can. We built a free tool called Hover that allows you to launch an external process in the context of your MSIX/APPX container . Using this tool you can launch Regedit, cmd.exe, PowerShell, or other processes inside your container, and thus have access to the same resources your app does.

Answer 2

Based on the document, App packages contain a registry.dat file , which serves as the logical equivalent of HKLM\Software in the real registry. But there is no clear explanation about where it is stored. And all writes under HKCU are copy-on-written to a private per-user, per-app location. For more information here: Registry

So currently, there is no good way to check that.