Export and import Registry to a .HIV file. 1

[wibbe]

Is it possible to use a vb-script to import a .hiv-file (binary) of HKCU then a user login to the computer. And then a simular export then the user logoff.

Today we use reg.exe to solve the issue, but I can not add error handling and reporting to that function.
This is used in a load balanced terminal server invironment.

All hints are welcome
Thanks

 

[tsuji]

Hello wibbe,

For limited functionality of read/write registry, you can take a look of regread, regwrite, regdelete methods exposed by wscript.shell. In particular, binary format hex(2) is limited to 4 bytes long for read/write.

If you have long reg_binary, you may consider methods exposed by wmi's stdregprov class, getbinaryvalue / setbinaryvalue. Have to check out ms sdk documentation for detail.

Export/Import would be the same as reading (parsing) / writing to a text file.

regards - tsuji

 

[zmcclain]

I have a long reg_binary. Can you provide sample code using wmi's stdregprov class?

 

[tsuji]

>...long reg_binary. Can you provide sample code using wmi's stdregprov class?
This will do well as illustration.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/guide/sas_reg_faxs.mspx

Documentation for reading:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...getbinaryvalue_method_in_class_stdregprov.asp

For writing, it is nearby.