---
name: "hivexml"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "hivex"
version: "1.3.24-9"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/hivexml"
---

# hivexml(1)

Convert Windows Registry binary "hive" into XML

## NAME

hivexml - Convert Windows Registry binary "hive" into XML

## SYNOPSIS

```
 hivexml [-dk] hivefile > output.xml
```

## DESCRIPTION

This program converts a single Windows Registry binary "hive" file into a self-describing XML format.

## OPTIONS

- **-d**

  Enable lots of debug messages.  If you find a Registry file that this program cannot parse, please enable this option and post the complete output *and* the Registry file in your bug report.

- **-k**

  Keep going even if we find errors in the Registry file.  This skips over any parts of the Registry that we cannot read.

- **-u**

  Use heuristics to tolerate certain levels of corruption within hives.

  This is unsafe but may allow to export/merge valid keys/values in an othewise corrupted hive.

## SEE ALSO

[**hivex**(3)](/hivex/3.md), [**hivexget**(1)](/hivexget/1.md), [**hivexsh**(1)](/hivexsh/1.md), [**hivexregedit**(1)](/hivexregedit/1.md), [**virt-win-reg**(1)](/virt-win-reg/1.md), [**guestfs**(3)](/guestfs/3.md), \<http://libguestfs.org/\>, [**virt-cat**(1)](/virt-cat/1.md), [**virt-edit**(1)](/virt-edit/1.md).

## AUTHORS

Richard W.M. Jones (`"rjones at redhat dot com"`)

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2009 Red Hat Inc.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.