Reading and writing to the Registry |
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By Christa Anderson, Contributor
05 Oct 2005 | SearchWinSystems.com |
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The RegRead method is very simple: It's a method of WshShell that takes one argument -- the string you want to read, like this: WshShell.RegRead sName.
You can either read it yourself using Wscript.Echo or plug it back into the script for evaluation.
Scripting School: Turning the environment with WshShell
 Introduction
Contents of WshShell
Viewing and editing the Registry
Reading and writing to the Registry
Recording the change
Summary
Read Christa's previous columns:
April 2005: Beginner's guide to scripting
May 2005: It's time to increase your scripting expertise
June 2005: Connect users to network resources
July 2005: More on connecting to network resources
August 2005: Find objects with Windows Scripting Host
September 2005: Windows Script Host arguments
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Christa Anderson
When Christa Anderson began working with Windows Server operating systems in 1992, she became increasingly interested in finding more efficient and flexible ways of performing routine tasks. Christa has written extensively about administrative scripting and taught technical sessions on the subject at conferences such as Comdex and CeBIT, helping people who had never done any scripting to write their own scripts in half a day. In addition to her interest in scripting Windows management, Christa is an authority on server-based computing and the program manager for Terminal Services licensing in Longhorn. If you have a scripting question for Christa, please e-mail her at scripting@SearchWinSystems.com.
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