Top "Registry" questions

The Windows Registry is a database where configuration settings for hardware, software and the Windows operating system itself are saved.

Using Powershell to remove non present network adapters

I'm trying to automate via PowerShell a number of time consuming tasks that I have to preform to make a …

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Script to associate an extension to a program

My customer is replacing MS Office with OpenOffice in some workstations. My program export a file to Excel using the .…

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Windows shell add item to context menu when click on blank part of folder

Sorry if this has been asked before, I've been looking around and it's hard to find what I want. I …

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Set InstallPath registry key using Visual Studio Setup project

I am deploying my application using an msi installer designed with a Visual Studio Setup Project. How do I set …

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How do I get a registry value in Inno Setup when the value only uses the default name?

I'm trying to get the install directory of an application from the Windows Registry (Google Sketchup in this case) with …

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How to set Group Policy "Turn Off Automatic Root Certificates Update" vie Registry/Powershell?

I need to disable the following group policy in Windows 7 programatically, for example by modifying a registry key using Powershell: "…

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Cannot write to Registry Key, getting UnauthorizedAccessException

I have a windows service that attempt to write to a registry key in LOCAL_MACHINE The key is created …

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Regedit: Find and export keys from command prompt

I'm wondering is there any option via command line to search for a string and export all found keys in …

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Registry vs. INI file for storing user configurable application settings

I'm a new Windows programmer and I'm not sure where I should store user configurable application settings. I understand the …

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Registering OCX with regsvr32.exe and having it available for all users

I have a third party web application that relies on a particular OCX file to be registered on the user's …

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