add a .reg file to the registry when the autoplaystarts

[turbomaxxx]

I want to be able to add a .reg file when it starts and delete the .reg key when the autoplay stops. I also don't want it to say, "do you want to add this to the registry'. Please help

[Corey]

Re: add a .reg file to the registry when the autoplaystarts

Hi, try writing the key(s) manually using REGISTRY actions instead of importing them as a .reg file, that works...

Corey Milner
Creative Director, Indigo Rose Software

[Lorne]

Re: add a .reg file to the registry when the autoplaystarts

Corey's right, it's usually better to use the built-in Registry actions. Unless you don't know what the contents of the .reg files are (maybe they're user-supplied tweak files, or Registry tweaks freshly downloaded from the Internet), or need to set a REG_BINARY value or something...in that case, just use the regedit /s command line option.

Here are all of the command line options that regedit understands:

<font color=green>regedit.exe [options] [filename]

filename Import .reg file into the registry
/s Silent, i.e. hide confirmation box when importing files
/e Export registry file
e.g. regedit /e file.reg HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT
/L:system Specify the location of the system.dat to use
/R:user Specify the location of the user.dat to use
/C Compress [filename] (Windows 98)</font color=green>

[element78]

Re: add a .reg file to the registry when the autoplaystarts

and: regedit /backup <path\filename.reg>

to backup the entire registry [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/smile.gif[/img] very nice option to offer your users.