Hello

Within \hkey_local_machine\software\gemstar, is a registry entry of name N,
type reg_sz, Data 25.

Using a .reg file, how would I change the value from say 25 to 0. Would it
also work with negative numbers, say I wanted to change the value from 25
to -10.

Thank you

It's a string so yes the -10 will work but we've no idea whether the value
is acceptable to the application that reads the key.

------------gemstar.reg-----------
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\gemstar]
"N"="-10"
----------------------------------

--

Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

"Joseph" wrote:
| Hello
|
| Within \hkey_local_machine\software\gemstar, is a registry entry of name
N,
| type reg_sz, Data 25.
|
| Using a .reg file, how would I change the value from say 25 to 0. Would
it
| also work with negative numbers, say I wanted to change the value from 25
| to -10.
|
| Thank you
|
|

Thank you, worked like a charm.

Quick question, when I was searching on how to make a registry file, I came
across a thread where someone was trying to delete a registry entry using a
..reg file and having the syntax

- [key]

This didn't work and someone suggested typing REGEDIT4 at the top of the
file. When I did the same thing, this worked for me.

What does regedit4 do?

"Dave Patrick" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:uYi6ok$(E-Mail Removed)...
> It's a string so yes the -10 will work but we've no idea whether the value
> is acceptable to the application that reads the key.
>
> ------------gemstar.reg-----------
> Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
>
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\gemstar]
> "N"="-10"
> ----------------------------------
>
> --
>
> Regards,
>
> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
> Microsoft Certified Professional
> Microsoft MVP [Windows]
> http://www.microsoft.com/protect
>
> "Joseph" wrote:
> | Hello
> |
> | Within \hkey_local_machine\software\gemstar, is a registry entry of name
> N,
> | type reg_sz, Data 25.
> |
> | Using a .reg file, how would I change the value from say 25 to 0. Would
> it
> | also work with negative numbers, say I wanted to change the value from
> 25
> | to -10.
> |
> | Thank you
> |
> |
>
>

See tip 4012 » How do a delete a value name using Regedit in batch?
AND link in the 'Tips & Tricks' at http://www.jsifaq.com




On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 04:46:49 GMT, "Joseph" <joseph388@@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Thank you, worked like a charm.
>
>Quick question, when I was searching on how to make a registry file, I came
>across a thread where someone was trying to delete a registry entry using a
>.reg file and having the syntax
>
>- [key]
>
>This didn't work and someone suggested typing REGEDIT4 at the top of the
>file. When I did the same thing, this worked for me.
>
>What does regedit4 do?
>
>"Dave Patrick" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:uYi6ok$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> It's a string so yes the -10 will work but we've no idea whether the value
>> is acceptable to the application that reads the key.
>>
>> ------------gemstar.reg-----------
>> Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
>>
>> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\gemstar]
>> "N"="-10"
>> ----------------------------------
>>
>> --
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
>> Microsoft Certified Professional
>> Microsoft MVP [Windows]
>> http://www.microsoft.com/protect
>>
>> "Joseph" wrote:
>> | Hello
>> |
>> | Within \hkey_local_machine\software\gemstar, is a registry entry of name
>> N,
>> | type reg_sz, Data 25.
>> |
>> | Using a .reg file, how would I change the value from say 25 to 0. Would
>> it
>> | also work with negative numbers, say I wanted to change the value from
>> 25
>> | to -10.
>> |
>> | Thank you
>> |
>> |
>>
>>
>

Jerold Schulman
Windows Server MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com
http://www.jsifaq.com

If you want to remove a key and all it's underlying values then you'll need
to construct your .reg file with a - minus sign in front of the key you want
to remove.

An example file to remove a file association .zzz from HKCR
-----------------Begin File-----------
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.zzz]
----------------End File-------------

(note the minus sign in front of HKEY)


If you need to delete only certain values, for example the string value
"InfoTip"="Contains zzz files"

Then put a minus sign after the equals sign without "quotes", something like
"InfoTip"=-

So your .reg file would look like
----------------Begin File------------
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.zzz]
"InfoTip"=-
----------------End File-------------

regedit /s filename.reg to import silently


--

Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

"Joseph" wrote:
| Thank you, worked like a charm.
|
| Quick question, when I was searching on how to make a registry file, I
came
| across a thread where someone was trying to delete a registry entry using
a
| .reg file and having the syntax
|
| - [key]
|
| This didn't work and someone suggested typing REGEDIT4 at the top of the
| file. When I did the same thing, this worked for me.
|
| What does regedit4 do?