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[tomross]

Can some tell me how to update mutliple keys in the registry? I'm interested in doing this on w2k pro and server, nt server and wk and win9x.

Cheers

[Andy-S]

The simplest way to do it is to create a .reg file with all the changes you need.

If you make the changes on one system and then export the keys that were changed you can append the changes to one file with the regedit header and then merge this file into the registry on other systems.

You may also want to read the registry tutorial on this site before experimenting with the registry.

Cheers
Andy<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by Andy-S on 01/21/03 07:45.</FONT></P>

[tomross]

Cheers for that Andy. But what do you mean by merge. Does that mean simply cutting and paste each of the keys into one .reg file?

Tom

[Andy-S]

If you cut and paste the exported keys into one file with one regedit header then you have all that you need to enter the keys into the registry on other systems.

Save the file as myreg.reg where myreg is the name you want to use for the file and then use regedit to merge the contents of the file into the registry on the other systems.

To do this without a user prompt the syntax is regedit /s myreg.reg.

Cheers
Andy

[relara]

What tool can you use to tell you what keys where changed?

[Andy-S]

If you want to determine what has changed in the registry, you can use regshot to take a snapshot of the registry before you apply your changes and a snapshot after the changes have been made.

Regshot will then compare the 2 snapshots and display the keys that have changed.

You can download regshot from here:

<a target="_blank" href=http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0%2Cfid%2C19540%2C00.asp>http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0%2Cfid%2C19540%2C00.asp</a>

Cheers
Andy