Cannot update registry from command line

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Kevin Brault

Hello everyone,

I have a batch file that executes a C++ executable. Before the executable it
deletes a key from the registry as follows:

echo.Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00>edraw.reg
echo.>>edraw.reg
echo.[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\eDrawings\\PROEOptions]>>edraw.reg
regedit edraw.reg


The C++ executable also deletes the same key by creating and calling a
similar batch file.


The problem I am having is that when the first batch file executes the
regedit command I get an error "Cannot import edraw.reg: Error accessing the
registry.". The C++ app does NOT have this same error. It works fine. I can
also manually merge edraw.reg by double clicking on it without any errors.


What is going on?

Thank you in advance for your help


Kevin J. Brault
 
Tue, 31 Jan 2006 12:27:53 -0700 from Kevin Brault
Hello everyone,

I have a batch file that executes a C++ executable. Before the executable it
deletes a key from the registry as follows:

echo.Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00>edraw.reg
echo.>>edraw.reg
echo.[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\eDrawings\\PROEOptions]>>edraw.reg
regedit edraw.reg
Click to expand...
The problem I am having is that when the first batch file executes the
regedit command I get an error "Cannot import edraw.reg: Error accessing the
registry.".
Click to expand...

I don't know whether there are other problems, but at the least you
want "echo " and not "echo." on the third line.

Have you tried "type edraw.reg" and compared that to the result of a
registry export to make sure that the file looks right?
 
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