Cannot update registry from command line

[Kevin Brault]

Hello everyone,

I have a batch file that executes a C++ executable. Before the executable it
deletes a key from the registry as follows:

echo.Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00>edraw.reg
echo.>>edraw.reg
echo.[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\eDrawings\\PROEOption s]>>edraw.reg
regedit edraw.reg


The C++ executable also deletes the same key by creating and calling a
similar batch file.


The problem I am having is that when the first batch file executes the
regedit command I get an error "Cannot import edraw.reg: Error accessing the
registry.". The C++ app does NOT have this same error. It works fine. I can
also manually merge edraw.reg by double clicking on it without any errors.


What is going on?

Thank you in advance for your help


Kevin J. Brault

[Stan Brown]

Tue, 31 Jan 2006 12:27:53 -0700 from Kevin Brault
>:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I have a batch file that executes a C++ executable. Before the executable it
> deletes a key from the registry as follows:
>
> echo.Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00>edraw.reg
> echo.>>edraw.reg
> echo.[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\eDrawings\\PROEOption s]>>edraw.reg
> regedit edraw.reg

> The problem I am having is that when the first batch file executes the
> regedit command I get an error "Cannot import edraw.reg: Error accessing the
> registry.".

I don't know whether there are other problems, but at the least you
want "echo " and not "echo." on the third line.

Have you tried "type edraw.reg" and compared that to the result of a
registry export to make sure that the file looks right?

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