enum registry headings

[randallc]

Hi,

It seems on different computers that the key name looking for Windws settings under hku vary, so need hard coding;

$RegRead2=RegRead("HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-4073353386-3284283900-1182343958-1005\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer","ShellState")
;'[HKEY_USERS.Default\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]"ShellState"=hex:1c,00,00,00,41,08,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,0,00,00,00,09,00,00,00"IconUnderline"=hex(0):03,00,00,00 
ConsoleWrite("@EXTENDED="&@EXTENDED&@LF)
if $RegRead2="2400000053080000000000000000000003000000FFFFFFFF0D0000000000000002000000" then 
    ConsoleWrite("Single Click="&$RegRead2&@LF)
elseif $RegRead2="2400000073080000000000000000000003000000FFFFFFFF0D0000000000000002000000" then 
    ConsoleWrite("Double Click="&$RegRead2&@LF)
Else
    ConsoleWrite("???? Click="&$RegRead2&@LF)
    
EndIf

Does anyone know how to do this?

eg, this script works on 1 computer, but not on any other as the registry [4073353386-3284283900-1182343958-1005] is different?

any other way to do this?

Bst, Randall

[MaineGeek]

Yeah the users id will be different for each user (SID). If the user is logged in when your running the script then go after HKEY_CURRENT_USER instead of HKEY_USERS. HKEY_CURRENT_USER (or HKCU) will point you to the users HKU\S-11150-1122... key.

Edited June 11, 2007 by MaineGeek

[randallc]

Yeah the users id will be different for each user (SID). If the user is logged in when your running the script then go after HKEY_CURRENT_USER instead of HKEY_USERS. HKEY_CURRENT_USER (or HKCU) will point you to the users HKU\S-11150-1122... key.

Thanks, but I am not knowledgeable in ths area; what key do I request here?

Do I need to know the @ComputerName @UserName; and , if so, is there such a generic key to find that "HKU\S-11150-1122... key"?

Can you show me an example script?

TIA, Randall

[Siao]

Thanks, but I am not knowledgeable in ths area; what key do I request here?

Do I need to know the @ComputerName @UserName; and , if so, is there such a generic key to find that "HKU\S-11150-1122... key"?

Can you show me an example script?

TIA, Randall

What he said is that

HKEY_CURRENT_USER branch is the same as HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-4073353386-3284283900-1182343958-1005 branch if the user S-1-5-21-4073353386-3284283900-1182343958-1005 is logged in.

So just replace the latter with the former:

$RegRead2=RegRead("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer","ShellState")

Got it?

[MaineGeek]

Sorry Randall, just learning AutoIt... BUT I do know the Windows Registry to some extent.

You were using:

"HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-4073353386-3284283900-1182343958-1005\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer","ShellState"

Try this instead:

"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer","ShellState"

Just open up regedit and find your way there. Think of HKCU as a short cut to HKU\S-123443..... BUT only for the currently logged in user.

If this script is being executed locally then you shouldn't need @ComputerName or @UserName. I'm not sure how well my method will work if it is run remotely.

[randallc]

OK!

Thanks to you both!

I now have another problem; I can read the key, but it is also not what I need to be reading on this computer for that setting of "Single Click" mode or "DoubleClick" mode; the key itself may be an array or something, or I need to read subparts of the binary answer to get what I need?

any idea?

Tahnks, Randall

[randallc]

OK!

Thanks to you both!

I now have another problem; I can read the key, but it is also not what I need to be reading on this computer for that setting of "Single Click" mode or "DoubleClick" mode; the key itself may be an array or something, or I need to read subparts of the binary answer to get what I need?

any idea?

Tahnks, Randall

More specifically, is the return "REG_NONE" from

$RegRead2 = RegRead("HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer", "IconUnderline")

with @extended=0 a hex/ binary answer?

Why do I get an empty answer?, or how else do I find if that =="03 00 00 00"? [as it reads in Regedit]

No; that is wrong.

The only changes are in ShellState;

1 machine from

; on D9150; "2400000053080000000000000000000003000000FFFFFFFF0D0000000000000002000000" Single

; on D9150; "2400000073080000000000000000000003000000FFFFFFFF0D0000000000000002000000" Double

Another from

; on ACERLAP; "2400000013280000000000000000000000000000010000000D0000000000000002000000" Single

; on ACERLAP; "2400000033280000000000000000000000000000010000000D0000000000000002000000" Double

Best, randallThe 9th didgit increments by 2!; but not the same on each....[

Edited June 12, 2007 by randallc

[/dev/null]

More specifically, is the return "REG_NONE" from

$RegRead2 = RegRead("HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer", "IconUnderline")

Cheers

Kurt

Edited June 12, 2007 by /dev/null

[randallc]

Hi,

Thanks so much ; it works!

Although i had to change it to;

$doubleclick = "0x"&Hex($bytes[9] & $bytes[10],2)

Is that expcted or a bug with "hex"?

Best,randall

[/dev/null]

Hi,

Thanks so much ; it works!

Although i had to change it to;

$doubleclick = "0x"&Hex($bytes[9] & $bytes[10],2)

Is that expcted or a bug with "hex"?

Best,randall

it should not be necessary to prepend 0x . What happens if you don't do that?

[randallc]

Hi,

Then it always answres "Singleclick"

Consider these results;

$doubleclick1=21

$doubleclick2=0x21

BitAnd($doubleclick1,0x20)=0

BitAnd($doubleclick2,0x20)=32

from

$RegRead2 = RegRead("HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer", "ShellState")
$bytes = StringSplit($RegRead2, "")
$doubleclick1 = Hex($bytes[9] & $bytes[10],2)
$doubleclick2 = "0x" & Hex($bytes[9] & $bytes[10], 2)
ConsoleWrite("$doubleclick1=" & $doubleclick1 & @LF)
ConsoleWrite("$doubleclick2=" & $doubleclick2 & @LF)
ConsoleWrite("BitAnd($doubleclick1,0x20)=" & BitAND($doubleclick1, 0x20) & @LF)
ConsoleWrite("BitAnd($doubleclick2,0x20)=" & BitAND($doubleclick2, 0x20) & @LF)

Randall

[randallc]

Just for posterity, I think the correct read here is;

$doubleclick2 = "0x" & $bytes[9] & $bytes[10]

ie no "hex" required as they are already hex values

Best, Randall

Edited June 12, 2007 by randallc