Writing and editing the registry

To edit the registry, go to Start > Run and type "regedit" (without quotes), then click OK. You are now in regedit, which is the registry editor.

However, I'm not sure it'll help you saving programs!
 
Telkomisaloser said:
How do you do this? :confused: I wouldn't mind saving a few programs I got from a certain site :D
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Click Start > Run, type 'regedit' & press 'Enter'.

Now you've got access to Windows' registry. Just a friendly reminder, you need to be logged in with admin rights to do this & if you faak up something, you're in a world of pain.
 
Before changing registry or installing software, create a system restore point. Most times you can get back to where you were without reinstalling.

Start/programs/accessories/system/restore then choose either create or restore
 
TIAL, you can also do a Google search for Windows registry editing. :p
 
How do you get Inno-Setup to write the reg file into the registry automatically when installing software. I want to distro some software into a specific path and have the installer add the reg file into the computer.

Currently I am having users double click on the reg file to add it manually. :o

I need a smoother, more professional way of doing this. Thanks.
 
Editing the registry by using regedit is like cleaning your mouth with TNT, ugly but effective. Try to avoid it.

But if you have to… be careful.
 
vespax said:
How do you get Inno-Setup to write the reg file into the registry automatically when installing software. I want to distro some software into a specific path and have the installer add the reg file into the computer.

Currently I am having users double click on the reg file to add it manually. :o

I need a smoother, more professional way of doing this. Thanks.
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if you can fire up a command prompt at the end of your installer you can do
regedit.exe /s regfile.reg
where regfile is the registry file they normally double click on.

the /s means to do it silently.
 
thisgeek said:
execute cmd.exe
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Well if he could execute cmd.exe he could execute regedit.exe and skip the DOS prompt entirely. Werner is talking about an option in whatever program you use to create the installer which allows you to execute something after install. What program do you use?
 
vespax said:
How do you get Inno-Setup to write the reg file into the registry automatically when installing software. I want to distro some software into a specific path and have the installer add the reg file into the computer.

Currently I am having users double click on the reg file to add it manually. :o

I need a smoother, more professional way of doing this. Thanks.
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Why not just add the keys into your setup script. Innosetup supports this.
Example:

[Registry]
Root: HKCR; Subkey: "MyProgramFile\DefaultIcon"; ValueType: string; ValueName: ""; ValueData: "{app}\MYPROG.EXE,0"
 
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