Registry Compare deathly slow

[slessard]

I've noticed that Registry compare of two .reg files will become unbelievably slow only when the comparison is displaying REG_MULTI_SZ data. Specifically I am comparing data in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\ Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Perflib\CurrentLanguage. When displaying the data for that node the GUI is non-responsive 95% of the time. Is there any way (workaround) to speed things up?


Beyond Compare version 3
Your installed version is 3.3.5 build 15075.

[Aaron]

Hello,

On my own machine, that section of the registry is not that slow when compared (either live or as an exported file). Do you have a pair of files you would like to email us at [email protected] so we might investigate further? If you email us, please also include a link back to this forum thread for our reference. A BCSupport.zip (Help menu -> Support; Export) might help as well.

[slessard]

I'm comparing before and after product installation dumps of the entire HKLM tree. Support info and sample data have been sent to the email address listed above.

[Aaron]

Hello,

Thanks for the sample files. I just emailed back requesting a bit more info. Your files loaded fairly quickly for me, despite being almost 300 megs. I could see where loading this node in the live registry or especially from a registry over the network could take a bit longer. Were you comparing the .reg sample files themselves? How long is "slow"? A minute? Several?