Scripts/Sort-RegistryExport.ps1
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.SYNOPSIS Lexically sorts the exported values for each registry key in a Windows Registry export .DESCRIPTION Exporting a registry key to a ".reg" file will typically not result in the exported values being lexically sorted. This command sorts the exported values under each registry key in a Windows Registry export in lexicographical order. .PARAMETER Path The path to a Windows Registry export which will have the values for each exported registry key sorted lexically. .EXAMPLE Sort-Registryexport -Path Export.reg Sorts the registry values lexically for each exported registry key in the Export.reg file. .NOTES Windows Registry export are expected to have a first line beginning with "Windows Registry Editor". Registry keys are not sorted (only their values), however, Windows built-in tools export keys in lexical order. .LINK https://github.com/ralish/PSWinGlue #> #Requires -Version 3.0 [CmdletBinding()] [OutputType([Void])] Param( [Parameter(Mandatory)] [String]$Path ) $RegSignature = 'Windows Registry Editor' try { $RegFile = Get-Item -Path $Path -ErrorAction Stop } catch { throw $_ } if ($RegFile -isnot [IO.FileInfo]) { throw 'Expected a file but received: {0}' -f $RegFile.GetType().Name } $RegFileSig = Get-Content -Path $RegFile -TotalCount 1 if ($RegFileSig -notmatch "^$RegSignature") { throw 'File does not begin with expected "{0}" signature: {1}' -f $RegSignature, $RegFile.Name } # Everything looks good so retrieve the complete file content $RegFileContent = Get-Content -Path $RegFile # List to hold the new file content starting with the signature $RegNewContent = New-Object -TypeName 'Collections.Generic.List[String]' $RegNewContent.Add($RegFileContent[0]) # List holding entries for the current registry key (INI section) $RegKeyContent = New-Object -TypeName 'Collections.Generic.List[String]' for ($Idx = 1; $Idx -lt $RegFileContent.Count; $Idx++) { $Line = $RegFileContent[$Idx] # Blank line (ignored) if ([String]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($Line)) { continue } # Registry key if ($Line -match '^\[') { # Sort and append entries from the previous registry key if ($RegKeyContent.Count -ne 0) { $RegKeyContent.Sort() foreach ($Entry in $RegKeyContent) { $RegNewContent.Add($Entry) } $RegKeyContent.Clear() } $RegNewContent.Add([String]::Empty) $RegNewContent.Add($Line) continue } # Registry value if ($Line -match '^[@"]') { # Handle values where the data is split over multiple lines if ($Line -match '\\$') { do { $Idx++ $ExtraLine = $RegFileContent[$Idx] $Line += '{0}{1}' -f [Environment]::NewLine, $ExtraLine } while ($ExtraLine -match '\\$') } $RegKeyContent.Add($Line) continue } throw 'Unexpected content on line {0} sorting registry file: {1}' -f ($Idx + 1), $RegFile.Name } # Add any values from the final registry key if ($RegKeyContent.Count -ne 0) { $RegKeyContent.Sort() foreach ($Entry in $RegKeyContent) { $RegNewContent.Add($Entry) } } Set-Content -Path $RegFile -Value $RegNewContent |