Command: register

Syntax

register <key> {,<string>......}

Description

Set the data for the value of a Windows registry key. This command is available on Windows systems only.

Parameters

• <key>
  Registry key value, a string. If the string ends in a /, then the unnamed (aka default) value for the particular key is to be set.

• <string>
  A string value or array of string values.

Switches

• -q
  Quiet mode. If there are errors, for example an attempt to delete an entry which does not exist, do not print an error message.

Notes

If no string value(s) are supplied, the relevant registry entry is deleted and if the key has sub-keys, they will be deleted recursively.

Keys will be created down a hierarchy if they do not exist.

Examples

Add/change the data for value "Name" in the key "Acme".

register "HKEY_CURRENT_USER/SOFTWARE/Acme/Name","fred"

Delete the value.

register "HKEY_CURRENT_USER/SOFTWARE/Acme/Name"

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