Run reg command in cmd bat file

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I m trying to run this reg code in cmd  bat file   but I couldn t make it work  Where am I doing wrong    HKEY CURRENT USER Software Policies Microsoft Internet Explorer Control Panel   HomePage  dword 00000001   It works if I make it a reg file and double click   Bat file code  this doesn t work  no errors     echo off reg add  HKCU Software Policies Microsoft Internet Explorer Control Panel   V HomePage  T REG DWORD  F  D 1

User · Accepted Answer

You will probably get an UAC prompt when importing the reg file. If you accept that, you have more rights.

Since you are writing to the 'policies' key, you need to have elevated rights. This part of the registry protected, because it contains settings that are administered by your system administrator.

Alternatively, you may try to run regedit.exe from the command prompt.

regedit.exe /S yourfile.reg

.. should silently import the reg file. See RegEdit Command Line Options Syntax for more command line options.

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If memory serves correct  the reg add command will NOT create the entire directory path if it does not exist   Meaning that if any of the parent registry keys do not exist then they must be created manually one by one   It is really annoying  I know   Example    echo off reg add  HKCU Software Policies  reg add  HKCU Software Policies Microsoft  reg add  HKCU Software Policies Microsoft Internet Explorer  reg add  HKCU Software Policies Microsoft Internet Explorer Control Panel  reg add  HKCU Software Policies Microsoft Internet Explorer Control Panel   v HomePage  t REG DWORD  d 1  f pause

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In command line it s better to use REG tool rather than REGEDIT   REG IMPORT yourfile reg   REG is designed for console mode  while REGEDIT is for graphical mode  This is why running regedit exe  S yourfile reg is a bad idea  since you will not be notified if the there s an error  whereas REG Tool will prompt    gt   REG IMPORT missing file reg  ERROR  Error opening the file  There may be a disk or file system error    gt    windir  System32 reg exe     REG Operation  Parameter List     Operation    QUERY     ADD      DELETE    COPY                     SAVE      LOAD     UNLOAD    RESTORE                  COMPARE   EXPORT   IMPORT    FLAGS    Return Code   Except for REG COMPARE     0 - Successful   1 - Failed  For help on a specific operation type     REG Operation     Examples     REG QUERY      REG ADD      REG DELETE      REG COPY      REG SAVE      REG RESTORE      REG LOAD      REG UNLOAD      REG COMPARE      REG EXPORT      REG IMPORT      REG FLAGS

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You could also just create a Group Policy Preference and have it create the reg key for you   no scripting involved

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