saving registry to file

[biase]

is there any way to save multiply registry to one file.reg?

autoit already regwrite, regread but have no regsave function.

i already search on forum and google, but i didnt found any clue to make a function to it.

[Ascend4nt]

Easiest method is using the 'reg.exe' command-line program, which I believe it requires XP or above.

Example:

$sRegBranch="HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel"
$sOutput=@DesktopDir&"\Control Panel export.reg"
Run(@SystemDir&'\reg.exe export "'&$sRegBranch&'" "'&$sOutput&'"','',@SW_HIDE)

[KaFu]

Take a look at the _RegExport() function in wraithdus Custom Registry Functions UDF.

[biase]

$sOutput=@DesktopDir&"\treg\multiply.reg"

$sRegBranch="HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Names"
Run(@SystemDir&'\reg.exe export "'&$sRegBranch&'" "'&$sOutput&'"','',@SW_HIDE)

$sRegBranch="HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DEVICEMAP\KeyboardClass"
Run(@SystemDir&'\reg.exe export "'&$sRegBranch&'" "'&$sOutput&'"','',@SW_HIDE)

when i run this code, it only save "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DEVICEMAP\KeyboardClass" in reg file...

which mean it overwrite it.

i have tried "regedit /s /e" and it also gave me the same result as yours.

[Ascend4nt]

$sOutput=@DesktopDir&"\treg\multiply.reg"

$sRegBranch="HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Names"
Run(@SystemDir&'\reg.exe export "'&$sRegBranch&'" "'&$sOutput&'"','',@SW_HIDE)

$sRegBranch="HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DEVICEMAP\KeyboardClass"
Run(@SystemDir&'\reg.exe export "'&$sRegBranch&'" "'&$sOutput&'"','',@SW_HIDE)

when i run this code, it only save "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DEVICEMAP\KeyboardClass" in reg file...

which mean it overwrite it.

i have tried "regedit /s /e" and it also gave me the same result as yours.

Should I point out the obvious? Okay, I will: You need to change the $sOutput filename otherwise you are always overwriting the same file.

[biase]

that's the problem, i already know if we use "regedit /s /e" it will always overwrite the file... _RegExport() also overwrite the file.

sorry if my question earlier isnt clear...

before i start using autoit, i used to use NSIS to make portable apps for my own use and i always save multiply registry branch into a single file using ${registry::SaveKey}, after searching for 2hours for clue to make a function like that, i got none answer.

[Ascend4nt]

You could do a simple merge. Just get rid of the header - right up to the first registry key in the extra files. The below will do this for you for 2 branches.

Note that there's no @error checking, and also - you should use RunWait(), otherwise the rest of the code may run before the files are written to completely:

$sMainOutput=@DesktopDir&"\treg\multiply.reg"
$sOutput2=@DesktopDir&"\treg\multiply2.reg"

$sRegBranch="HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Names"
RunWait(@SystemDir&'\reg.exe export "'&$sRegBranch&'" "'&$sMainOutput&'"','',@SW_HIDE)

$sRegBranch="HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DEVICEMAP\KeyboardClass"
RunWait(@SystemDir&'\reg.exe export "'&$sRegBranch&'" "'&$sOutput2&'"','',@SW_HIDE)

$sBuffer=FileRead($sOutput2)
$sBuffer=StringRegExpReplace($sBuffer,"^([^\[]+)","")
$hFile=FileOpen($sMainOutput,1)
FileWrite($hFile,$sBuffer)
FileClose($hFile)

[biase]

i was thinking making function with looping RegEnumKey() and RegEnumVal() then save it to file... but it seems your method was more faster and easier...

thanks