Is there a pure Python library for parsing a Windows Registry file?

Question

Is there a pure Python (ie. fully cross-platform) library for parsing Windows Registry files (NTUSER.DAT)? Read-only access is acceptable.

If there is not, what resourc

Answer 1

A search on google for "python windows registry" returns the _winreg module. It doesn't appear to be cross-platform, though.

From googling "windows registry file format", this comes up: http://pogostick.net/~pnh/ntpasswd/WinReg.txt