How to View Ntuser.dat
- 1). Click the "Start" menu located in the bottom left corner of the screen. Click "Run."
- 2). In the "Run" dialog box text area, type "regedit" and press the ENTER key.
- 3). Double-click the "HKEY_CURRENT_USER" folder on the left side of the program window to open and view the contents of the current profile's NTUSER.DAT file.
- 4). Click the "HKEY_USERS" folder to load another profile's NTUSER.DAT file. Click the "File" menu at the top of the program window and choose "Load Hive". Browse to a non-active NTUSER.DAT file (one not associated with the user profile that is currently logged in) and click to select it.
- 5). Click the "Open" button. Type in a "Key Name", which can be any name you want to assign to the hive while viewing it, then click the "OK" button to load the NTUSER.DAT file.
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