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---
id: winreg
title: Windows Registry Key Query
sidebar_label: Windows Registry Key Query
---

## What

Display the content of the requested Windows registry key.

Supported registry key types:

- `SZ` (displayed as string value)
- `EXPAND_SZ` (displayed as string value)
- `BINARY` (displayed as string value)
- `DWORD` (displayed in upper-case 0x hex)
- `QWORD` (displayed in upper-case 0x hex)

## Sample Configuration

import Config from '@site/src/components/Config.js';

<Config data={{
  "type": "winreg",
  "style": "powerline",
  "powerline_symbol": "\uE0B0",
  "foreground": "#ffffff",
  "background": "#444444",
  "template":" \uE62A {{ .Value }}",
  "properties": {
    "path": "HKLM\\software\\microsoft\\windows nt\\currentversion\\buildlab",
    "fallback":"unknown"
  }
}}/>

## Properties

| Name       | Type     | Default | Description                                                                                                                                      |
| ---------- | :------: | :-----: | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `path`     | `string` |         | registry path to the desired key using backslashes and with a valid root HKEY name. Ending path with \ will get the (Default) key from that path |
| `fallback` | `string` |         | the value to fall back to if no entry is found                                                                                                   |

## Template ([info][templates])

:::note default template

```template
{{ .Value }}
```

:::

### Properties

| Name   | Type     | Description                                         |
| ------ | -------- | --------------------------------------------------- |
| .Value | `string` | The result of your query, or fallback if not found. |

[templates]: /docs/configuration/templates