[Win7] Explorer search history to file

get_explorer_search_history.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
import winreg

sub_key = r"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\WordWheelQuery"
history = []

with winreg.OpenKey(winreg.HKEY_CURRENT_USER, sub_key) as key:
    order, regtype = winreg.QueryValueEx(key, "MRUListEx")
    ind = 0
    while order[ind] != 0xFF:
        value, regtype = winreg.QueryValueEx(key, str(order[ind]))
        history.append(value)
        ind += 4

with open("search_history.txt", "w", encoding="utf-16") as f:
    for value in history:
        f.write(value.decode("utf-16")[:-1])
        f.write("\n")