=head2 ENCODING
-C<hivexregedit> expects that regedit files have already been reencoded
+C<hivexregedit> expects that regedit files have already been re-encoded
in the local encoding. Usually on Linux hosts, this means UTF-8 with
Unix-style line endings. Since Windows regedit files are often in
-UTF-16LE with Windows-style line endings, you may need to reencode the
+UTF-16LE with Windows-style line endings, you may need to re-encode the
whole file before or after processing.
-To reencode a file from Windows format to Linux (before processing it
+To re-encode a file from Windows format to Linux (before processing it
with the C<--merge> option), you would do something like this:
iconv -f utf-16le -t utf-8 < win.reg | dos2unix > linux.reg
Registry keys like C<CurrentControlSet> don't really exist in the
Windows Registry at the level of the hive file, and therefore you
-cannot modify these. Replace this with C<ControlSet001>, and
-similarly for other C<Current...> keys.
+cannot modify these.
+
+C<CurrentControlSet> is usually an alias for C<ControlSet001>. In
+some circumstances it might refer to another control set. The way
+to find out is to look at the C<HKLM\SYSTEM\Select> key:
+
+ $ hivexregedit --export SYSTEM '\Select'
+ [\Select]
+ "Current"=dword:00000001
+ "Default"=dword:00000001
+ "Failed"=dword:00000000
+ "LastKnownGood"=dword:00000002
+
+"Current" is the one which Windows will choose when it boots.
+
+Similarly, other C<Current...> keys in the path may need to
+be replaced.
=head1 EXAMPLE