Simple registry hack in Windows 2000

[Muse]

I'm a noob at this, basically. I have an application that has registry values and I want to reset one of them automatically. I'd prefer it to happen when the application opens but figure I'm out of luck there. Instead, I figure I'll put a registry editing utility in my startup folder to make the registry value change when Windows 2000 starts up. I obviously did something wrong. I created a file in notepad and named it:

MyHDFileOpenPath.REG

The contents of the file:

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MyHD]
"FILELIST_PATH"="I:\MyHD WorkArea\"

I haven't put the file in my startup folder yet, but have double clicked it to run it. I get two popup dialogues, the first asking me if I want to run it, the second telling me that the file's instructions have been successfully applied to my registry. Of course, I don't want to have those dialogues to deal with. But the worst of it is that the value for the key FILELIST_PATH hasn't changed to the value I want in there, "="I:\MyHD WorkArea\"

So, what am I doing wrong? I've poked around in a few online sites concerning registry editing, hacks, etc. to no avail. Thanks for any help.


PS -- Do I need to create a vbs script to do this?

 

[bsobel]

Export the key you want and use the export file as a template.

Then run regedit /s when you merge the key to prevent the popups.

 

[Muse]

Originally posted by: bsobel
Export the key you want and use the export file as a template.

Then run regedit /s when you merge the key to prevent the popups.

I saw something like that. My impression is that when you export the file you get the whole key with all its values. I just want to edit one value, not all the values. If other values have changed I don't want them overwritten by what I'm importing. Do I fail to understand this?

In the registry, when I go to Registry/Export Registry File I have an option to have an Export range of "Selected branch"

In my case it would be HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MyHD. That has scores of keys and values.

 

[bsobel]

Delete the lines in a text editor that you don't want. This way you know the initial format is correct.