Difference between revisions of "Adding Registry Settings"
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[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Test] | [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Test] | ||
"Test Setting"=dword:00000001 | "Test Setting"=dword:00000001 | ||
| + | [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\TEST2] | ||
| + | (In Win2k/XP adding "-" in front of a key name causes that key to be deleted from the registry.) | ||
Normally, you would export this from regedit.exe. | Normally, you would export this from regedit.exe. | ||
Revision as of 05:41, 7 December 2007
You can use regedit to import registry settings. This can be useful to setup defaults for applications, or apply registry tweaks for various Windows settings.
<package
id="sample_registry"
name="Shows a registry entry"
revision="1"
priority="0"
execute="once">
<install cmd='regedit /s "%SOFTWARE%\test_registry.reg"' />
</package>
And the sample file:
test_registry.reg:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Test] "Test Setting"=dword:00000001 [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\TEST2]
(In Win2k/XP adding "-" in front of a key name causes that key to be deleted from the registry.)
Normally, you would export this from regedit.exe.