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Registry key name containing \ - 10/2/2005 7:10:08 PM

yesbor

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I need to add a registry key name containing a backslash \ (ie a path to a specific file/program - C:\myfolder\myprogram)

I've tried:
WshShell.RegWrite "HKLM\mykey\c:\myfolder\myprogram", "REG_SZ" , "MyValue"

but as you would know this will create a tree ending with a key name called "myprogram".

Any solutions ?

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RE: Registry key name containing \ - 10/2/2005 11:05:49 PM

mbouchard

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Sometimes it helps to do things backwards. Manually enter your key into the registry, then export it. You will notice that there will be \\ for each \ in a path.

ex

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\Acrobat.exe]
"Path"="C:\\Program Files\\Adobe\\Acrobat 7.0\\Acrobat\\"

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RE: Registry key name containing \ - 10/3/2005 12:40:37 AM

yesbor

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Well I've already tried:
WshShell.RegWrite "HKLM\mykey\c:\\myfolder\\myprogram", "REG_SZ" , "MyValue"

But the command creates a folder called "mykey" with a subfolder called "c:" with a subfolder called "myfolder" with a key named "myprogram" with the value "MyValue"....no good.

Instead I've now used a workaround:
1) Manually entered the key into the registry, then exported it to "myreg.reg".
2) In my script I use:
Set oExec = WshShell.Exec("REG IMPORT myreg.reg")

seems to work....

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