Adding Registry Keys from Command Line

[justinbischoff]

Hello!

I am trying to add registry keys from the command line. However I have a small problem when try to set the (Default) value for a registry key.

If I try to add a default value for "SomeKey" it ends up being a value in the "Classes" key.
AdvancedInstaller.com /edit generic.aip /NewReg -RegValue HKCU\Software\Classes\SomeKey\ -data [#myFile]

Exported Registry Results from Windows:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes]
"SomeKey"="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\MyProgram\\myFile"

What I really want is a registry key with a default value, in regedit it shows up as "(Default)" and exports like this:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\SomeKey]
@="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\MyProgram\\myFile"

Unfortunately I tried specifying the "@" or "(Default)" and neither of those work.

Thanks for any help.

[Eusebiu]

Hi and welcome to Advanced Installer forums.

In order to achieve what you want you can use an empty property for the name of the registry value (i.e. [Default]) as in the following example:

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AdvancedInstaller.com /edit generic.aip /NewReg -RegValue HKCU\Software\Classes\SomeKey\[Default] -data [#myFile]

Let us know if this helped.

Best regards,
Eusebiu