Cannot import C:<file-name>reg: The specified file is not a registry script. You can only import binary registry files from within the registry editor.

So with that said, let's take a look at how you can use the same command set to work with both the file system and the Windows registry. We will start with the Get-ChildItem cmdlet.

You can add a new file type to the New item section of the Windows 10 Context Menu, but you will have to edit the Windows Registry. Here is how you do it.

Running a registry or the REG file as an administrator on Windows 11/10 isn’t complicated. And there are four quick methods to do so.

Back up the Windows Registry file and create a valid restore point before you proceed. To make our edits in the Windows 11 Registry File, we will type “regedit” into the Windows 11 search tool.