Specific key search in registry

[vegaslaptop]

Hello everyone,

I am trying to read the reg value for a certain key.

$var = RegRead("HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-2041921852-553933441-806110124-10729\Environment", "Something")
$var1 = RegRead("HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-2041921852-553933441-806110124-10729\Environment", "Something1")
MsgBox(4096, "Program files are in:", $var)
MsgBox(4096, "Program files are in:", $var1)

Now I read the values fine and my program works fine on my local machine. BUT the path changes with every machine. e.g.

HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-2041921852-553933441-806110124-10729\Environment

changes to something like

HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-2041921852-553933441-806110124-104070\Environment

Everything remains the same except the middle part of the path in registry. Is there an easy way to search for this key path and thus assign a variable? Or is there a way to set a wildcard for the middle part of the registry path?

All inputs are very appreciated.

[/dev/null]

Now I read the values fine and my program works fine on my local machine. BUT the path changes with every machine. e.g.

It's not changing with the machine, but with the user you are logged in. BTW: On a different machine, the SID of the same username will be different. That's the reason why it does not work on another computer.

Obviously you want to read the environment variables of a user. So, better use EnvGet() and EnvSet() instead of reading the registry.

Cheers

Kurt

[vegaslaptop]

Thank you I will try it.

YES IT WORKS! THANK YOU!

Edited July 19, 2005 by besnia

[bobbintb]

i know this is an old thread but i am in the same boat but dont know which variable to search for. i tried envget("SID") and envget("USER"). nothing in the windows list of variables seems to work.