Apart from the DOS method....

Regdat - Browse old Win95/Win98/Me Registry Files.
http://www.regdat.com/

RegExport is a basic version of Regdat designed for users who want to
occasionally export information from old Win9x/WinMe registry files.

....Alan
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Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer
http://dts-l.com/index.htm


On Wed, 13 Oct 2010 11:50:11 -0500, in
microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion, "none"
wrote:

Was wondering if there is a way to read an old registry (user.dat & system.dat from 9 years ago). I need certain entries from that time but don't know how to scan the registry.

Thanks for your help