Re: Modifying registry

Tech-Archive recommends: Fix windows errors by optimizing your registry

From: Dave Patrick (mail_at_NoSpam.DSPatrick.com)
Date: 07/06/04 

Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2004 09:51:19 -0600

Your path included a variable %username% so in order to expand variables
from the registry you must use type
Reg_Expand_Sz not type Reg_Sz

Get the WSH 5.6 documentation download at
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=01592C48-207D-4BE1-8A76-1C4099D7BBB9&displaylang=en 

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"Andy Welcomer" wrote:
| the type I'm trying to export to is a reg_sz.  The issue is that we are
| building a new Citrix Metaframe farm.  The new farm uses different drive
| letters than the old one did.
|
| One piece of software has registry settings that are set to paths.  The
| settings that are coming over via the roming profile show the old drive
| letters.  I need to change the letters to reflect the new system.  The 
paths
| are profile depenent ex) c:\documents and settings\%username%\*****
|
| I'm not familier with doing VB script.  If that is what is needed, could 
you
| point me to some good sources for a quick education?
|
| Thanks,
|
| All profiles for users that use this system are roaming.

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