registrywritekey problem

petersa2 · Post by **petersa2** » Wed May 28, 2003 11:15 pm

Can I use registrywritekey> to write a numeric string value?

I want to configure the change HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\forceautologon to 1, but the following command creates a dword value rather than a string value, which doesn't work.

RegistryWriteKey>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon,forceautologon,1

I can have MS execute a reg file to accomplish this, but I'd rather not.
Thanks for the help.

Bob Hansen · Post by **Bob Hansen** » Thu May 29, 2003 12:56 am

Hi petersa2.....

There is a MS variable to let REGistry INTegers be written AS a STRing.

Try this:

Let>REG_INTASSTR=1

RegistryWriteKey>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon,forceautologon,1

Hope this helps.....good luck....

petersa2 · Post by **petersa2** » Thu May 29, 2003 12:10 pm

Works great. Thanks for the help.

CyberCitizen · Post by **CyberCitizen** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 1:24 am

Is There A Way When Writing Into The Registry That You Can Specify What Value The Registry Key Should Be.

REG_DWORD
REG_SZ
REG_BINARY

I Am Currently Wanting To Enter Some Data Into The Registry Via A Macro Which I Will Convert To An Exe & Have The System Deploy It.

The Data I Want To Add Is Below.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Desktop\Components\0]
"Source"="\\Emfile0009c02\strve-f03$\BFS\SATELLITE\L2 BOH\Allen, Michael John\BigPond\BP.htm"
"SubscribedURL"="\\Emfile0009c02\strve-f03$\BFS\SATELLITE\L2 BOH\Allen, Michael John\BigPond\BP.htm"
"FriendlyName"=""
"Flags"=dword:00002002
"Position"=hex:2c,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,04,00,00,e4,02,00,00,00,\
00,00,00,01,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"CurrentState"=dword:40000002
"OriginalStateInfo"=hex:18,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,04,00,00,e4,02,\
00,00,02,00,00,40
"RestoredStateInfo"=hex:18,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,04,00,00,e4,02,\
00,00,01,00,00,00

I Am Wanting To Be Able To Enter The Key Value Eg. REG_DWORD, REG_SZ, REG_BINARY, However Every Time It Will Enter The Data As REG_SZ.
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NURV | CyberCitizen

"If you spend more on coffee than on IT security, you will be hacked."
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armsys · Post by **armsys** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 2:01 am

Hi CyberCitizen,

In accordance with the online help, it can't. For security reason, I can see you need the extended support of data types.

support · Post by **support** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 9:06 am

You can do it with VBScript. Here's an example:

VBSTART
Sub RegExample
Dim WSHShell
Set WSHShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

WSHShell.Popup "Create key HKCU\MyRegKey with value 'Top level key'"
WSHShell.RegWrite "HKCU\MyRegKey\", "Top level key"

WSHShell.Popup "Create key HKCU\MyRegKey\Entry with value 'Second level key'"
WSHShell.RegWrite "HKCU\MyRegKey\Entry\", "Second level key"

WSHShell.Popup "Set value HKCU\MyRegKey\Value to REG_SZ 1"
WSHShell.RegWrite "HKCU\MyRegKey\Value", 1

WSHShell.Popup "Set value HKCU\MyRegKey\Entry to REG_DWORD 2"
WSHShell.RegWrite "HKCU\MyRegKey\Entry", 2, "REG_DWORD"

WSHShell.Popup "Set value HKCU\MyRegKey\Entry\Value1 to REG_BINARY 3"
WSHShell.RegWrite "HKCU\MyRegKey\Entry\Value1", 3, "REG_BINARY"

WSHShell.Popup "Delete value HKCU\MyRegKey\Entry\Value1"
WSHShell.RegDelete "HKCU\MyRegKey\Entry\Value1"

WSHShell.Popup "Delete key HKCU\MyRegKey\Entry"
WSHShell.RegDelete "HKCU\MyRegKey\Entry\"

WSHShell.Popup "Delete key HKCU\MyRegKey"
WSHShell.RegDelete "HKCU\MyRegKey\"
End Sub
VBEND

VBRun>RegExample

CyberCitizen · Post by **CyberCitizen** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 11:54 pm

Ok I Will Play Around With It. My VB Is Not Very Good So I Will Have A Try & Let You Know How I Go.
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Michael Allen
NURV | CyberCitizen

"If you spend more on coffee than on IT security, you will be hacked."
White House cybersecurity advisor, Richard Clarke