Cannot export a registry key that has a space in the name.

[Willow]

I have a reg key that contains a space in the reg name as seen in the first example. This key will not export whereas the second example

doees not have a space in the reg name, exports fine. Any help in getting the first example to export is appreciated.

ShellExecuteWait("regedit.exe","/e mykey2.reg HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\my key2", "C:\backups\regkeys")

ShellExecuteWait("regedit.exe","/e mykey1.reg HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\mykey1", "C:\backups\regkeys")

[kaotkbliss]

try doing this

ShellExecuteWait("regedit.exe","'/e mykey2.reg HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwaremy key2'", "C:backupsregkeys")

*edit*

When you have a space in a path, use single quotes (' ') inside the double quotes to keep the path from breaking up

Edited March 6, 2012 by kaotkbliss

[Willow]

try doing this

ShellExecuteWait("regedit.exe","'/e mykey2.reg HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwaremy key2'", "C:backupsregkeys")

*edit*

When you have a space in a path, use single quotes (' ') inside the double quotes to keep the path from breaking up

That does not work...it prompts to add '/e to the registry..

[AdmiralAlkex]

Don't take peoples code blindly, read it and evaluate it yourself. The quotes are wrongly placed, and I don't know if Windows accepts single quotes like that, better to just use double quotes as it doesn't matter from AutoIts point of view.

I would expect this to work:

'/e mykey2.reg "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwaremy key2"'

Edited March 6, 2012 by AdmiralAlkex

[kaotkbliss]

I've been trying all different combinations of quotes and testing them since my first reply was wrong. (usually I don't have any problems throwing quotes around things) but in this case, yours does not work either Admiral.

*edit*

Nevermind, I forgot to put the space back into the reg key when testing

Edited March 6, 2012 by kaotkbliss