Search all configuration layers
- INI, XML, proprietary files and adjacent data directories
- Machine and user registry views
- Database-stored settings and lookup tables
- Command-line arguments, shortcuts and services
- Environment variables, working directory and network paths
- Per-user printer, COM-port and device configuration
Recover effective values
Compare a known-good and failing installation, trace actual reads, and change one safe value at a time. Document precedence and defaults; absence of a setting can itself select behavior. Preserve secrets securely rather than copying them into general documentation.
See dependency mapping, behavior analysis, documentation and the pillar.