Don't know if this helps, but ...
One problem I have noticed is that reg files created in Windows 2000 cannot
be imported into Windows 9X machines because Windows 2000 uses Unicode, so
each charachter is followed by a space when viewed in Windows 9X.
Stacey
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Derricutt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, 29 August 2000 10:58 a.m.
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> Subject: [DUG-OFFTOPIC]: InstallShield and RegEdit...
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> Hiya, I'm trying to import a .reg file as part of my InstallSheild
> (5.1) project, however on some machines (mostly 95 boxen) I'm
> getting the
> following error:
>
> "Cannot import C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\pft1~TMP\metric.reg. Error opening the
> file. There may be a disk or file system error."
>
> I'm using the following code in my InstallShield project:
>
> svPath = SRCDIR ^ "metric.reg";
> LongPathToShortPath ( svPath );
> svExec = "/s " + svPath;
> LaunchApp(WINDIR ^ "Regedit.exe", svExec);
>
> Is there a better way to import a .reg file, originally I was
> thinking the
> problem was in the long filenames, so I'm using LongPathToShortPath
> with no joy.
>
> Mark
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