Copy a file whose location is defined in the Registry?

[Don J]

How do you COPY or XCOPY a file whose name and location are defined in
the registry?

Don J

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[JS]

If you know the specific location in the registry, there should also be a
path name pointing to where the file is located on your hard drive.

JS

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

How do you COPY or XCOPY a file whose name and location are defined in
the registry?

Don J

You could extract the desired value from the registry like so:
regedit /E c:\test.reg "HKey_Local_machine\System\CurrentControlSet\...."

You must now massage c:\test.reg in order to extract the file name
itself. Post again if you need any assistance with this part, and make
sure to poste the contents of test.reg.

 

[Don J]

How do you extract a file location from c:\test.reg? Also how do you
paste it as an argument to "COPY"?

Don J

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[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Please read all of my reply: "... and make sure to
post the contents of test.reg."