Re: Registry Add Commands

You shd be getting the following output.

C:\>reg add /?

Console Registry Tool for Windows - version 3.0
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REG ADD KeyName [/v ValueName | /ve] [/t Type] [/s Separator] [/d Data] [/f]

KeyName [\\Machine\]FullKey
Machine Name of remote machine - omitting defaults to the
current
machine Only HKLM and HKU are available on remote
machines
FullKey ROOTKEY\SubKey
ROOTKEY [ HKLM | HKCU | HKCR | HKU | HKCC ]
SubKey The full name of a registry key under the selected
ROOTKEY

/v The value name, under the selected Key, to add

/ve adds an empty value name <no name> for the key

/t RegKey data types
[ REG_SZ | REG_MULTI_SZ | REG_DWORD_BIG_ENDIAN |
REG_DWORD | REG_BINARY | REG_DWORD_LITTLE_ENDIAN |
REG_NONE | REG_EXPAND_SZ ]
If omitted, REG_SZ is assumed

/s Specify one charactor that you use as the separator in your data
string for REG_MULTI_SZ. If omitted, use "\0" as the separator

/d The data to assign to the registry ValueName being added

/f Force overwriting the existing registry entry without prompt

Examples:

REG ADD \\ABC\HKLM\Software\MyCo
Adds a key HKLM\Software\MyCo on remote machine ABC

REG ADD HKLM\Software\MyCo /v Data /t REG_BINARY /d fe340ead
Adds a value (name: Data, type: REG_BINARY, data: fe340ead)

REG ADD HKLM\Software\MyCo /v MRU /t REG_MULTI_SZ /d fax\0mail
Adds a value (name: MRU, type: REG_MUTLI_SZ, data: fax\0mail\0\0)

REG ADD HKLM\Software\MyCo /v Path /t REG_EXPAND_SZ /d %%systemroot%%
Adds a value (name: Path, type: REG_EXPAND_SZ, data: %systemroot%)
Notice: Use the double percentage ( %% ) inside the expand string

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Thanks,
Puja
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"Terry Swift" <TerrySwift@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:D0253ED7-CB76-4D24-9BB8-9A952384D5A2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> John,
>
> When I'm in the "cmd" prompt and doing the "reg add /?" without the quotes
> of course, it gives me the 'reg' is not recognized as an internal or
> external
> command, operable program or batch file. I've never heard of reg.exe
> version
> 2.0 or newer - where does that come from? I have SP4 and the highest
> update
> after that, so I would assume that my files would be updated to the latest
> and greatest.
>
> Terry
>
> "John Wunderlich" wrote:
>
>> "=?Utf-8?B?VGVycnkgU3dpZnQ=?="
>> <TerrySwift@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
>> news:9667F968-BE80-4767-8C16-BAE4F94919D1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx:
>>
>> > Here are the two keys that the Tech wants to be installed. I put
>> > them into the .reg file, but they wouldn't load.
>> >
>> > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\BITS\Parameter
>> > s /v ServiceDll /t REG_EXPAND_SZ /d %windir%\System32\qmgr.dll
>> >
>> > HKey_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\BackupRestore\F
>> > ilesNotToBackup
>> >
>> > Are there are commands that I need to put in from of the keys to
>> > get them to load?
>> >
>> > Terry
>> >
>>
>> Assuming you are using reg.exe version 2.0 or newer, simply put
>> reg add
>> in front of your commands at a command prompt. For help, type
>> "reg add /?".
>> So your first example would be:
>> reg add HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\BITS\Parameters /v
>> ServiceDll /t REG_EXPAND_SZ /d %windir%\System32\qmgr.dll
>>
>> This is not the correct format for a ".reg" file.
>>
>> HTH,
>> John
>>


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