Updating registry via REG files

[Gordon]

I'm attempting to setup a generic profile file (REG file) that I can
use to simplify my software setup tasks, in this case, AutoCAD 2005.

In an ARG file (an AutoCAD user profile which is nearly identical in
structure to a REG file) that is dumped for a specific user after
AutoCAD is setup for example, you'll see registry KEY entries similar
this one:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Autodesk\AutoCAD\R16.1\ACAD-301:409\Profiles\Gordon\Menus]

Now when making a batch file script (*.bat file), I know I can use
%USERNAME% to plugin the current user name for batch file commands.



Can someone more knowledgable than I tell me if this will work:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Autodesk\AutoCAD\R16.1\ACAD-301:409\Profiles\%USERNAME%\Menus]


It would sure be cool (and save me a bunch of time) if I could create
one master REG file that could be applied to any given user, without
having to manually modify the REG file for each user, right after I
finish the Acad install, and have all my network pointers and custom
menus in place. This trick could be applied to other software as
well....

How do I get a registry key entry in a REG file, like the one above, to
plugin the user name?


Or, maybe I'm going about this the wrong way.... Comments welcome!

Thanks
Gordon

 

[Dave Patrick]

All air code but something like this VBScript may work.

Dim WshShell, user
Set WshShell=WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
& "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\.\root\cimv2")
Set colComputer = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
("Select * from Win32_ComputerSystem")
For Each objComputer in colComputer
user = objComputer.UserName
Next

WshShell.RegWrite "HKCU\Software\Autodesk\" _
& "AutoCAD\R16.1\ACAD-301:409\Profiles\" _
& user & "\Menus", "SomeValue", REG_SZ"

Set WshShell=Nothing

--
Regards,

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Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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:
| I'm attempting to setup a generic profile file (REG file) that I can
| use to simplify my software setup tasks, in this case, AutoCAD 2005.
|
| In an ARG file (an AutoCAD user profile which is nearly identical in
| structure to a REG file) that is dumped for a specific user after
| AutoCAD is setup for example, you'll see registry KEY entries similar
| this one:
|
|
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Autodesk\AutoCAD\R16.1\ACAD-301:409\Profiles\Gordon\Menus]
|
| Now when making a batch file script (*.bat file), I know I can use
| %USERNAME% to plugin the current user name for batch file commands.
|
|
|
| Can someone more knowledgable than I tell me if this will work:
|
|
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Autodesk\AutoCAD\R16.1\ACAD-301:409\Profiles\%USERNAME%\Menus]
|
|
| It would sure be cool (and save me a bunch of time) if I could create
| one master REG file that could be applied to any given user, without
| having to manually modify the REG file for each user, right after I
| finish the Acad install, and have all my network pointers and custom
| menus in place. This trick could be applied to other software as
| well....
|
| How do I get a registry key entry in a REG file, like the one above, to
| plugin the user name?
|
|
| Or, maybe I'm going about this the wrong way.... Comments welcome!
|
| Thanks
| Gordon
|

 

[Dave Patrick]

Should have been;

Dim WshShell, WshSysEnv, user
Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Set WshSysEnv = WshShell.Environment("Process")

user = WshSysEnv("username")

WshShell.RegWrite "HKCU\Software\Autodesk\" _
& "AutoCAD\R16.1\ACAD-301:409\Profiles\" _
& user & "\Menus", "SomeValue", REG_SZ"

Set WshShell=Nothing
Set WshSysEnv=Nothing

--
Regards,

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

 

[Mark V]

I'm attempting to setup a generic profile file (REG file) that I
can use to simplify my software setup tasks, in this case,
AutoCAD 2005.

In an ARG file (an AutoCAD user profile which is nearly
identical in structure to a REG file) that is dumped for a
specific user after AutoCAD is setup for example, you'll see
registry KEY entries similar this one:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Autodesk\AutoCAD\R16.1\ACAD-301:409\P
rofiles\Gordon\Menus]

Now when making a batch file script (*.bat file), I know I can
use %USERNAME% to plugin the current user name for batch file
commands.

By having a batchfile expand the variable and write it to a .REG
file first. Then merge the reg file.

Can someone more knowledgable than I tell me if this will work:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Autodesk\AutoCAD\R16.1\ACAD-301:409\P
rofiles\%USERNAME%\Menus]


It would sure be cool (and save me a bunch of time) if I could
create one master REG file that could be applied to any given
user, without having to manually modify the REG file for each
user, right after I finish the Acad install, and have all my
network pointers and custom menus in place. This trick could be
applied to other software as well....

If you want to distribute a batch file (that creates and merges a
REG file on-the-fly)...

How do I get a registry key entry in a REG file, like the one
above, to plugin the user name?


Or, maybe I'm going about this the wrong way.... Comments
welcome!

Simplified demo:
======== demo.cmd ==========
@echo off
echo/REGEDIT4 >%temp%\demo.reg
echo/ >>%temp%\demo.reg
echo/[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\_TEST_\%USERNAME%] >>%temp%\demo.reg
echo/ >>%temp%\demo.reg

%systemroot%\regedit.exe /s %temp%\demo.reg
DEL /q %temp%\demo.reg
=============================

It may also be possible to pre-expand a variable in batch, then use
reg.exe with the expanded string.

All assume Keys or REG_SZ strings.