Autoit and registry

[KSagle]

Hey,

I havn't used autoit in a long time, but today ran into a situation where it would be very helpful.

I'm trying to search for, and edit, all instances of "c:\users" in the registry.

For some reason though, even the simplest scripts don't seem to do anything with the registry open,

IE, Send(^f), which works in all other programs, does nothing if regedit is my main window.

Any idea why that is?

[Jos]

Hey,

I havn't used autoit in a long time, but today ran into a situation where it would be very helpful.

I'm trying to search for, and edit, all instances of "c:\users" in the registry.

For some reason though, even the simplest scripts don't seem to do anything with the registry open,

IE, Send(^f), which works in all other programs, does nothing if regedit is my main window.

Any idea why that is?

Using Send() with the registry? Why not use the standard REG* functions?

Jos

[KSagle]

Using Send() with the registry? Why not use the standard REG* functions?

Jos

Thanks for the quick reply,

From the autoit help, I could only find REG funtions for deleting/modifying/adding, which are all usefull, but I want to find all instances of the text, not just one key.

[Jos]

Thanks for the quick reply,

From the autoit help, I could only find REG funtions for deleting/modifying/adding, which are all usefull, but I want to find all instances of the text, not just one key.

Did you also see the RegEnum* functions?

[KSagle]

Did you also see the RegEnum* functions?

I'm not sure if these functions will do what I need; I'm don't know what key this line resides in, as it may be in many different places in the registry.

Is there a way to search for a value throughout the entire registry?

[Jos]

Not sure how fast this will be for you but this is an example how to scan recursively through a RegTree:

Just modify it with testing the result of the RegRead() for what you are looking for.

EnumRegKeys("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE")
;
Func EnumRegKeys($base)
    Local $i
    ConsoleWrite("Valname #0 under " & $base & ": Default:" & RegRead($base,"") & @CRLF)
    While 1
        $i += 1
        $var = RegEnumVal($base, $i)
        If @error <> 0 then ExitLoop
        ConsoleWrite("Valname #" & $i & " under " & $base & ": " & $var & ":" & RegRead($base,$var) & @CRLF)
    WEnd
    $i = 0
    While 1
        $i += 1
        $var = RegEnumKey($base, $i)
        If @error <> 0 then ExitLoop
;~      ConsoleWrite("SubKey  #" & $i & " under " & $base & ": " & $var & @CRLF)
        EnumRegKeys($base& "\" & $var)
    WEnd
EndFunc

Edited August 17, 2009 by Jos

[KSagle]

Not sure how fast this will be for you but this is an example how to scan recursively through a RegTree:

Just modify it with teting the result of the RegRead() for what you are looking for.

EnumRegKeys("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE")
;
Func EnumRegKeys($base)
    Local $i
    ConsoleWrite("Valname #0 under " & $base & ": Default:" & RegRead($base,"") & @CRLF)
    While 1
        $i += 1
        $var = RegEnumVal($base, $i)
        If @error <> 0 then ExitLoop
        ConsoleWrite("Valname #" & $i & " under " & $base & ": " & $var & ":" & RegRead($base,$var) & @CRLF)
    WEnd
    $i = 0
    While 1
        $i += 1
        $var = RegEnumKey($base, $i)
        If @error <> 0 then ExitLoop
;~      ConsoleWrite("SubKey  #" & $i & " under " & $base & ": " & $var & @CRLF)
        EnumRegKeys($base& "\" & $var)
    WEnd
EndFunc

Thanks, I'll give it a try!