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As you want to use a .BAT, you must first export the value using REGEDIT /E.
You did not give the Win OS version you are using, so J suggest following:
Call EDLIN from within the BAT file, add secondary commands to delete any unnecessary lines in the file, then use a Replace command to replace the registry value name by a DOS SET statement to create a environment variable, last save as a helper BAT file.
CALL the helper BAT file, then you have an environment variable you can use in any IF or GOTO statement.
When using Win2K, there is a set of file parsing options on the FOR statement that may help you.
But as you see, BAT file has always been a bit tricky, why not take the chance and learn WSH scripting, you have direct access to the Registry and a structured language.
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Regards - Richard<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by RWSchlatter on 05/01/01 15:36.</FONT></P>