Vista - Using .reg file syntax

I've got a .reg file that looks like this:

------------
REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\xxxx]
@="xxx-WEB-TRIAL"
"xxx"="xxx-yyy-zzz"
"xxx"=""
------------

Our IT had disabled all regedit tools, so I'm left with having to go in
with PowerShell.

I've not been able to interpret the above syntax to use it within
PowerShell.

Anyone have any ideas?

Marco

Well... I think it goes something like this:

> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\xxxx] <- This is the path
> @="xxx-WEB-TRIAL" <- This is
> the default value
> "xxx"="xxx-yyy-zzz" <-
> These are the other values.
> "xxx"=""

A script similar to this should be able to parse that:

foreach($line in get-content $regFile)
{
if ($line[0] -eq "[" -and $line[-1] -eq "]")
{
$path = $line.Trim('[',']');

write-host $path;
}
else
{
$valueName,$actualValue = $line.Split('=') | foreach { $_.Trim('"') }

if ($line[0] -eq '@')
{
$valueName = '(default)'
}

write-host "$valueName => $actualValue";
}
}

Of course, you'll need to modify it so that it skips the firstline and also
handles those weird cases such as when you have a value of type dword. In
the case of dword you'll get something like " dword:00000001" for the actual
value. I don't know what you get for qword or expandable string. You'll
have to experiment. Oh, and of course if you're trying to import the reg
file you'll need to change those write-hosts with new-item and
set-itemproperty.


"Marco Shaw" <marco.shaw@_NO_SPAM_gmail.com> wrote in message
news:uGV56KEqHHA.3948@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> I've got a .reg file that looks like this:
>
> ------------
> REGEDIT4
>
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\xxxx]
> @="xxx-WEB-TRIAL"
> "xxx"="xxx-yyy-zzz"
> "xxx"=""
> ------------
>
> Our IT had disabled all regedit tools, so I'm left with having to go in
> with PowerShell.
>
> I've not been able to interpret the above syntax to use it within
> PowerShell.
>
> Anyone have any ideas?
>
> Marco

Marco Shaw wrote:
> I've got a .reg file that looks like this:
>
> ------------
> REGEDIT4
>
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\xxxx]
> @="xxx-WEB-TRIAL"
> "xxx"="xxx-yyy-zzz"
> "xxx"=""
> ------------
>
> Our IT had disabled all regedit tools, so I'm left with having to go in
> with PowerShell.
>
> I've not been able to interpret the above syntax to use it within
> PowerShell.
>
> Anyone have any ideas?
>
> Marco

This definitely helped me out:
http://tfl09.blogspot.com/2007/05/ge...ntry-with.html

On Jun 6, 2:58 pm, Marco Shaw <marco.shaw@_NO_SPAM_gmail.com> wrote:
> I've got a .reg file that looks like this:
>
> ------------
> REGEDIT4
>
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\xxxx]
> @="xxx-WEB-TRIAL"
> "xxx"="xxx-yyy-zzz"
> "xxx"=""
> ------------
>
> Our IT had disabled all regedit tools, so I'm left with having to go in
> with PowerShell.
>
> I've not been able to interpret the above syntax to use it within
> PowerShell.
>
> Anyone have any ideas?
>
> Marco

If it's just regexes you need, these seem to work (assuming $string is
the file contents):

$path = ([regex]'(?<=\[).*?(?=\])').match($tring)
$defaultvalue = ([regex]'(?<=@=\").*?(?=\")').match($string)
$valuenames = ([regex]'(?<=\")\w+(?=\"=)').matches($string)
$values = ([regex]'(?<=\")\w+(?=\"=)').matches($string)

The last two should give you arrays of matches to play with, e.g:

write "$($valuenames[1].value)" => $($values[1].value)"

-Hecks

On Jun 6, 10:49 pm, h...@hotmail.co.uk wrote:
> On Jun 6, 2:58 pm, Marco Shaw <marco.shaw@_NO_SPAM_gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > I've got a .reg file that looks like this:
>
> > ------------
> > REGEDIT4
>
> > [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\xxxx]
> > @="xxx-WEB-TRIAL"
> > "xxx"="xxx-yyy-zzz"
> > "xxx"=""
> > ------------
>
> > Our IT had disabled all regedit tools, so I'm left with having to go in
> > with PowerShell.
>
> > I've not been able to interpret the above syntax to use it within
> > PowerShell.
>
> > Anyone have any ideas?
>
> > Marco
>
> If it's just regexes you need, these seem to work (assuming $string is
> the file contents):
>
> $path = ([regex]'(?<=\[).*?(?=\])').match($tring)
> $defaultvalue = ([regex]'(?<=@=\").*?(?=\")').match($string)
> $valuenames = ([regex]'(?<=\")\w+(?=\"=)').matches($string)
> $values = ([regex]'(?<=\")\w+(?=\"=)').matches($string)
>
> The last two should give you arrays of matches to play with, e.g:
>
> write "$($valuenames[1].value)" => $($values[1].value)"
>
> -Hecks

Sorry, pasted incorrectly, the last regex should be:

$values = ([regex]'(?<!@=\")(?<==\")(\w+|-)+?(?=\")').matches($string)

-Hecks

In message <ugt7BBGqHHA.4364@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl>, Marco Shaw
<marco.shaw@_NO_SPAM_gmail.com> writes
>Marco Shaw wrote:
>> I've got a .reg file that looks like this:
>> ------------
>> REGEDIT4
>> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\xxxx]
>> @="xxx-WEB-TRIAL"
>> "xxx"="xxx-yyy-zzz"
>> "xxx"=""
>> ------------
>> Our IT had disabled all regedit tools, so I'm left with having to go
>>in with PowerShell.
>> I've not been able to interpret the above syntax to use it within
>>PowerShell.
>> Anyone have any ideas?
>> Marco
>
>This definitely helped me out:
>http://tfl09.blogspot.com/2007/05/ge...ntry-with.html

:-)

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