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reg.exe import
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My job is to automate the win7 installation and configure win7 with multiple settings most of which I have already made the changes to and exported the registry settings I need. I then import these settings onto newly installed workstations. I have been doing such for XP and vista without problems.
I figured you were doing something like that, but you still need to know if the problem is in REG.EXE or somewhere else. On a machine you want to alter, try using REGEDIT's import and see if you get the same results? It will help narrow down where the problem might be, in REG.EXE or elsewhere.
Irv S.
I have imported via regedit's import function as suggested, the registry will get updated but will revert back to original and the actual settings will not be seen if observed in the folder options gui...
Here is the file:-
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
;************************************
; FOLDER OPTIONS: SHOW HIDDEN FILES AND FILE EXTENSIONS
;************************************
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"Hidden"=dword:00000001
"HideFileExt"=dword:00000000
Thanks
Hmm, not activated? I wonder if the registry has been created fully? However, I'm pretty sure the problem is VIRTUALIZATION... you do not have access to C: or C:\WINDOWS. Yes, you can open REG.EXE and edit the files, but Virtualization stops you from 'saving' anything to those locations as you do not OWN them. Not the VM virtualization, but what Windows does when you open files that try to write to system files, in this case the registry, it gets thrown away.
Take a look at these two links :
http://www.mydigitallife.info/.....-in-vista/
http://www.mydigitallife.info/.....n-regedit/
These are the problem you are having I think? Suspect it would happen in Vista as well?
Irv S.
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