string variables in .inf files

[jbm]

I added a section to my .inf file that tweaks the registry to

setup services the way I want them. But it sets all the startup

types to 0.

I found how to fix it but don't see why it douesn;t work the

original way I had it.

[sTRINGS]

String2="System\CurrentControlSet\Services"

Automatic="02,00,00,00"

Manual="03,00,00,00"

Disabled="04,00,00,00"

HKLM,"%String2%\ALG","Start",0x00010001,%Disabled%

HKLM,"%String2%\AppMgmt","Start",0x00010001,%Manual%

HKLM,"%String2%\wuauserv","Start",0x00010001,%Automatic%

sets all startup types to 0

but

HKLM,"%String2%\ALG","Start",0x00010001,04,00,00,00

HKLM,"%String2%\AppMgmt","Start",0x00010001,03,00,00,00

HKLM,"%String2%\wuauserv","Start",0x00010001,02,00,00,00

works

what am I doing wrong?

Edited December 31, 2007 by jbm

[Mordac85]

In an INF those are comma delimited values, so I would assume your string value is evaluated as a single parameter instead of 4.

[ricktendo]

edit

Edited December 31, 2007 by ricktendo64

[gosh]

Check out my services inf

edit: look at services.inf not the other one, it's not finished.

-gosh

g3_services.inf

Services.inf

Edited December 31, 2007 by gosh

[jbm]

Thanks for the help, everyone.

Wont say how long I was trying to fix it.

[Yzöwl]

To quickly see where you went wrong, here's what your value data should have looked like:

Automatic="0x00000002" or "0x2" 0r "2"
Manual="0x00000003" or "0x3" 0r "3"
Disabled="0x00000004" or "0x4" 0r "4"

i.e.

HKLM,System\CurrentControlSet\Services\ALG,Start,0x10001,4

[jbm]

Thanks, I converted a reg file with reg2inf, which worked until I

tried to add the string variables.The thing that confused me was

that I just used the format for the string variable that reg2inf used

in the inf file.