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Clink

Version: 1.6.19
Installer: .exe (setup) / Portable
Hives: HKCU, HKLM

Clink combines the native Windows cmd.exe shell with the powerful command line editing features of the GNU Readline library, providing bash-like history, tab completion, and Lua scripting for the Windows command prompt.

📁 Registry Paths

Path Hive Description
SOFTWARE\Clink HKCU Per-user settings
SOFTWARE\Clink HKLM Machine-wide settings / install marker
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Clink HKLM Uninstall entry

🔑 Keys

Value Name Type Example Data Description
autoupdates REG_DWORD 1 Enable automatic update checks
last_run_version REG_SZ 1.6.19 Last version that ran
Value Name Type Example Data Description
install REG_SZ C:\Program Files (x86)\clink\ Installation path
version REG_SZ 1.6.19 Installed version
Value Name Type Example Data Description
DisplayName REG_SZ Clink v1.6.19 Display name
DisplayVersion REG_SZ 1.6.19 Installed version
Publisher REG_SZ Christopher Antos Publisher
InstallLocation REG_SZ C:\Program Files (x86)\clink\ Install path
UninstallString REG_SZ "C:\Program Files (x86)\clink\uninstall.exe" Uninstall command

📝 Notes

  • Clink injects into cmd.exe processes via an autorun registry hook written to HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Command Processor\AutoRun.
  • Per-user Lua scripts and settings live in %LOCALAPPDATA%\clink\.
  • The portable version can be loaded manually with clink inject and leaves no persistent registry entries.

🗑️ Cleanup

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Clink]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clink]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Clink]

Also remove the AutoRun hook if set:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Command Processor]
"AutoRun"=""

📦 Package Managers

Manager Install Command
winget winget install chrisant996.Clink
Chocolatey choco install clink
Scoop scoop install clink