I need to check if registry value exists from within .bat ('batch') file, and it seem to be quite hard to do - not many ideas on it I have found. Maybe you can help?
I believe I should use the reg.exe programm to do this but what syntax should I use?
@echo off
reg query RootKeyName\Path\To\Key\To\Query /v KeyName || echo Does not Exist!!!!I think that should work. I don't know off hand what the ERRORLEVEL output of this command is if it does not find the KeyName. That should be easy enough to figure out though. ;)
BTW, this could easily be a one liner by doing this:
@echo off && reg query RootKeyName\Path\To\Key\To\Query /v KeyName || echo Does not Exist!!!!Back to lurking... =8)
@echo off reg query RootKeyName\Path\To\Key\To\Query /v KeyName || echo Does not Exist!!!!I think that should work. I don't know off hand what the ERRORLEVEL output of this command is if it does not find the KeyName. That should be easy enough to figure out though. ;)
BTW, this could easily be a one liner by doing this:
@echo off && reg query RootKeyName\Path\To\Key\To\Query /v KeyName || echo Does not Exist!!!!Back to lurking... =8)
This helped me a lot, as I wasn't entirely certain how to go about an issue I was having. In the end, I used the same way to do a check for a registry entry in a logon script, where the key would be made, if it didn't already exist.
This is for enabling the SDL (Secure Domain Logon) on the Checkpoint client - works like a charm.
REG QUERY HKLM\Software\CheckPoint\SecuRemote /v SDLEnabled || REG ADD HKLM\Software\CheckPoint\SecuRemote /v SDLEnabled /t REG_DWORD /d 1
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