import _winreg def main(): ## Pass the here at "key" variable key = r'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft' hekey = key.split('\\')[0] hkey = getattr(_winreg, hekey) skey = '\\'.join(key.split('\\')[1:]) try: pkey = _winreg.OpenKey(hkey, skey) print 'Given Key: '+hekey+'\\'+skey try: print 'Sub Keys: ' print('-'*25) i=0 while True: print _winreg.EnumKey(pkey, i) i += 1 except WindowsError as e: pass finally: try: print 'Values: ' print('-'*25) j=0 while True: sep = '' for k in list(_winreg.EnumValue(pkey, j)): sep = sep+str(k)+'\t' print sep j += 1 except WindowsError as e: pass except WindowsError as e: print 'Check whether '+hekey+'\\'+skey+' is valid or accessible!' if __name__ == '__main__': main()