Not sure if this will help you but you could use the batch file to run Kixtart (http://www.kixtart.org/) to do your registry dirty work, (or just run kixtart to do everything). Personally, I've been moving more towards writing WScript/vbs files for such things.
On 12/14/05, Carl Houseman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Open a cmd prompt and type: > > reg /? > > If that produces something then your unknown version of Windows has reg.exe > and it will do the job. You might also be able to get reg.exe by installing > support tools or a resource kit. > > If you don't have reg.exe, you could still use regedit and your batch file > could create the .reg file on the fly and then delete it before exiting. > > Carl > > -----Original Message----- > From: Windows Home/SOHO [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Diane Poremsky > Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 8:47 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: can a batch write to the registry? > > I need to change a key in the registry based on user input - can a batch > write the key without calling a reg file? (ie, the key and value are in the > batch itself, not a separate file that is called) > > > > The problem: the user will have 3 choices - and that means 3 regs. I'd > rather use just one file... > > > > And yes, I know what I really need to do is read the key and make the change > without user input (it's safe to assume if value a is in the key, then value > a(1) should replace it) - but I'm too lazy (actually too hurried) to write > an exe to do that right now. -- ---------------------------------------- To Change your email Address for this list, send the following message: CHANGE WIN-HOME your_old_address your_new_address to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note carefully that both old and new addresses are required.
