Run reg command in cmd (bat file)?

Question

I'm trying to run this reg code in cmd (bat file), but I couldn't make it work. Where am I doing wrong?

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control Panel]
"HomePage"=dword:00000001

It works if I make it a reg file and double click.

Bat file code (this doesn't work, no errors):

@echo off
reg add "HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control Panel" /V HomePage /T REG_DWORD /F /D 1

Answer 1

You will probably get an UAC prompt when importing the reg file. If you accept that, you have more rights.

Since you are writing to the 'policies' key, you need to have elevated rights. This part of the registry protected, because it contains settings that are administered by your system administrator.

Alternatively, you may try to run regedit.exe from the command prompt.

regedit.exe /S yourfile.reg

.. should silently import the reg file. See RegEdit Command Line Options Syntax for more command line options.