diff --git a/reactos/base/applications/cmdutils/reg/reg.c b/reactos/base/applications/cmdutils/reg/reg.c
index 8e948672603..b7144eae51c 100644
--- a/reactos/base/applications/cmdutils/reg/reg.c
+++ b/reactos/base/applications/cmdutils/reg/reg.c
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ static int reg_printfW(const WCHAR *msg, ...)
         DWORD len;
         char  *msgA;
 
+        /* On Windows WriteConsoleW() fails if the output is redirected. So fall
+         * back to WriteFile(), assuming the console encoding is still the right
+         * one in that case.
+         */
         len = WideCharToMultiByte(GetConsoleOutputCP(), 0, msg_buffer, wlen,
             NULL, 0, NULL, NULL);
         msgA = HeapAlloc(GetProcessHeap(), 0, len * sizeof(char));
@@ -72,20 +76,30 @@ static int reg_message(int msg)
 static HKEY get_rootkey(LPWSTR key)
 {
     static const WCHAR szHKLM[] = {'H','K','L','M',0};
+    static const WCHAR szHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE[] = {'H','K','E','Y','_','L','O','C','A','L','_','M','A','C','H','I','N','E',0};
     static const WCHAR szHKCU[] = {'H','K','C','U',0};
+    static const WCHAR szHKEY_CURRENT_USER[] = {'H','K','E','Y','_','C','U','R','R','E','N','T','_','U','S','E','R',0};
     static const WCHAR szHKCR[] = {'H','K','C','R',0};
+    static const WCHAR szHKEY_CLASSES_ROOT[] = {'H','K','E','Y','_','C','L','A','S','S','E','S','_','R','O','O','T',0};
     static const WCHAR szHKU[] = {'H','K','U',0};
+    static const WCHAR szHKEY_USERS[] = {'H','K','E','Y','_','U','S','E','R','S',0};
     static const WCHAR szHKCC[] = {'H','K','C','C',0};
+    static const WCHAR szHKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG[] = {'H','K','E','Y','_','C','U','R','R','E','N','T','_','C','O','N','F','I','G',0};
 
-    if (CompareStringW(CP_ACP,NORM_IGNORECASE,key,4,szHKLM,4)==2)
+    if (CompareStringW(CP_ACP,NORM_IGNORECASE,key,4,szHKLM,4)==CSTR_EQUAL ||
+        CompareStringW(CP_ACP,NORM_IGNORECASE,key,18,szHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,18)==CSTR_EQUAL)
         return HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE;
-    else if (CompareStringW(CP_ACP,NORM_IGNORECASE,key,4,szHKCU,4)==2)
+    else if (CompareStringW(CP_ACP,NORM_IGNORECASE,key,4,szHKCU,4)==CSTR_EQUAL ||
+             CompareStringW(CP_ACP,NORM_IGNORECASE,key,17,szHKEY_CURRENT_USER,17)==CSTR_EQUAL)
         return HKEY_CURRENT_USER;
-    else if (CompareStringW(CP_ACP,NORM_IGNORECASE,key,4,szHKCR,4)==2)
+    else if (CompareStringW(CP_ACP,NORM_IGNORECASE,key,4,szHKCR,4)==CSTR_EQUAL ||
+             CompareStringW(CP_ACP,NORM_IGNORECASE,key,17,szHKEY_CLASSES_ROOT,17)==CSTR_EQUAL)
         return HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT;
-    else if (CompareStringW(CP_ACP,NORM_IGNORECASE,key,3,szHKU,3)==2)
+    else if (CompareStringW(CP_ACP,NORM_IGNORECASE,key,3,szHKU,3)==CSTR_EQUAL ||
+             CompareStringW(CP_ACP,NORM_IGNORECASE,key,10,szHKEY_USERS,10)==CSTR_EQUAL)
         return HKEY_USERS;
-    else if (CompareStringW(CP_ACP,NORM_IGNORECASE,key,4,szHKCC,4)==2)
+    else if (CompareStringW(CP_ACP,NORM_IGNORECASE,key,4,szHKCC,4)==CSTR_EQUAL ||
+             CompareStringW(CP_ACP,NORM_IGNORECASE,key,19,szHKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG,19)==CSTR_EQUAL)
         return HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG;
     else return NULL;
 }
diff --git a/reactos/base/applications/cmdutils/reg/reg.rc b/reactos/base/applications/cmdutils/reg/reg.rc
index ccd34f676b8..4b686287fee 100644
--- a/reactos/base/applications/cmdutils/reg/reg.rc
+++ b/reactos/base/applications/cmdutils/reg/reg.rc
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ LANGUAGE LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_NEUTRAL
 
 /* UTF-8 */
 #pragma code_page(65001)
+
 #ifdef LANGUAGE_BG_BG
     #include "lang/bg-BG.rc"
 #endif
diff --git a/reactos/media/doc/README.WINE b/reactos/media/doc/README.WINE
index 5ef3b83258c..d96a4cef21f 100644
--- a/reactos/media/doc/README.WINE
+++ b/reactos/media/doc/README.WINE
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ reactos/dll/cpl/inetcpl            # Synced to Wine-1.7.1
 
 ReactOS shares the following programs with Winehq.
 
-reactos/base/applications/cmdutils/reg      # Synced to Wine-1.1.40
+reactos/base/applications/cmdutils/reg      # Synced to Wine-1.7.1
 reactos/base/applications/cmdutils/taskkill # Synced to Wine-1.7.1
 reactos/base/applications/cmdutils/wmic     # Synced to Wine-1.7.1
 reactos/base/applications/cmdutils/xcopy    # Synced to Wine-1.3.37