Adding registry tweaks

[reganetal]

I was wondering how do I add registry tweaks in a win2k unattended install.

I tried putting "Regedit /s regtweaks.reg" in my cmdlines.txt file and that doesnt work. Can I call up another .cmd file and put something like this in it?

cmdow @ /HID
@Echo Off

SET PATH=%SystemDrive%\reg.exe

%Path% ADD regtweaks.reg /s /f

EXIT

Or do I need to call regedit.exe? I have a bunch of files I want to add.

Thanks in advance

[Incroyable HULK]

Have you added REG.EXE to your system32 folder?

[reganetal]

Yes I have

[Incroyable HULK]

Here is my working cmdlines.txt ...

[Commands]
".\AllUsers.cmd"
".\ie6.cmd"
".\wmp.cmd"
".\RunOnceEx.cmd"

and AllUsers.cmd

cmdow @ /HID
ECHO OFF
:: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/873374/en-us
:: Set Microsoft GDI+ Detection Tool to completed
REG ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\GdiDetectionTool" /v "GDITool" /t REG_DWORD /d "00000001" /f
EXIT

[reganetal]

Yeah I understand what you did, but I still dont know if using .reg files instead of each individual key. I have probably a thousand keys to add I am trying to save a lot of typing (Or at the very least cutting and pasting) time.

[marko2002]

Hi Guys, this is my first post on this fantastic forum so be gentle!

Strangely enough, I'm on XP and having exactly the same issue myself - that is my RegTweaks.reg file doesn't seem to automatically run, though when I run this once logged in it's fine (with the obvious exception of the regtweaks which need to be run from cmdlines.txt).

My cmdlines.txt is . . .

[COMMANDS]"REGEDIT32.EXE /S RegTweaks.reg"

".\RunOnceEx.cmd"

"BTS_DPs_ROE.cmd"

. . . and the RegTweaks.reg file is in the $OEM$ folder along with the cmdlines.txt file.

Any idea's anyone?????

Cheers

Marko

[Sonic]

for use .reg , you must use :

regedit /s YourRegFile.reg

the "reg" allow to add/remove/edit directly a registry value.

the "/s" allow silent way.

Goodbye.

[riverrm]

As Sonic say's:

Regedit /s regtweaks.reg

if using reg.exe in a batch file, keep in mind that the version of reg.exe is different between W2K and XP. I copy the XP version to W2K to keep my batch files the same.

Also, check you reg files. XP uses "Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00" as the header info in it's reg files. It can use older versions, but W2K can't use newer.

Good luck

[marko2002]

for use .reg , you must use :

regedit /s YourRegFile.reg

the "reg" allow to add/remove/edit directly a registry value.

the "/s" allow silent way.

Goodbye.

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Ask and you shall receive!!!!!

Sonic, many many thanks for this m8 - works like a charm and thanks too riverrm for the info.