Believe it or not, that was my very first attempt (hence the pipe inquiry in first email) but it errors out:
Set-ItemProperty : The input object cannot be bound to any parameters for the command either because the command does not take pipeline input or the input and its properties do not match any of the parameters that take pipeline input. ________________________________________ From: Michael B. Smith [mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 7:07 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Powershell reg binary issue What has "$foo" got to do with anything? This is all you need based on what you've said so far: Get-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name DefaultConnectionSettings | Set-ItemProperty -Path $path2 -Name DefaultConnectionSettings -----Original Message----- From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:jcas...@activenetwerx.com] Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 8:56 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Powershell reg binary issue There is a type mismatch, or its getting cast to a string as a result of the way i incorrectly call it: $path="Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Connections" $path2="Registry::HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Connections" $foo = Get-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name DefaultConnectionSettings Set-ItemProperty -Path $path2 -Name DefaultConnectionSettings -Value $foo See what I am doing wrong? jlc ________________________________________ From: Brian Desmond [br...@briandesmond.com] Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 6:40 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Powershell reg binary issue You could just put it in $foo or some variable. No need to dump it to a temp file. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com w - 312.625.1438 | c - 312.731.3132 -----Original Message----- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 7:16 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Powershell reg binary issue Out-file -encoding binary Or similar. -----Original Message----- From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:jcas...@activenetwerx.com] Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 8:01 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Powershell reg binary issue I am trying to save the result of a Reg Binary value from one key into the value of another key, any idea on how to save the output of get-itemproperty or pipe it into set-itemproperty for use with reg binary values? Thanks! jlc ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin