hvtool is a tool which can convert Windows CE .hv files to .reg, and back.

It was originally part of the itsutils distribution.

Dump contents of a registry hive file:

hvtool user.hv

Create a registry hive file from a utf-8 encoded .reg file:

hvtool -o user.hv user.reg

windows

• expect openssl to be installed in c:/local/openssl-Win64
• expect boost to be installed in c:/local/boost_1_74_0

freebsd

• pkg install boost-all

osx

• brew install openssl

The default target in Makefile will uild the project using cmake.

make

Alternatively you can use the old, currently unmainted, makefiles:

make -f Makefile.win32
make -f Makefile.linux

cmake will result in a binary in the build/tools subdirectory, while the traditional make will create a binary in the current directory.

(C) 2011-2012 Willem Hengeveld itsme@xs4all.nl