Opening the PyCharm registry

Today, I encountered an issue with my IDE (PyCharm) and its integration with Docker. It wouldn’t refresh my remote interpreter, which broke most of the intellisense and go to definition. I found this Youtrack issue which described my problem close enough.

Someone replied and suggested to change a python.use.targets.api setting, which is a bit hidden, as it’s a registry entry. I searched how to open the registry, but couldn’t find much resources.

The answer is:

1. ⌘ + ⌥ + ⇧ + / to open the maintenance context menu
2. Choose the first option, “Registry…” from it

Done! Hopefully that’ll help me and others in the future.