Advanced REG File Operations

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Advanced REG File Operations

One of the most powerful features of Multi-Remote Registry Change is its ability to create and use standard REGEDIT4 formatted files.

With this you can:

1. Create a REGEDIT4 formatted file from the local computer or a remote computer. The file will include all keys, subkeys and values from the selected key of the source computer.

Instructions: Type in the name of the source computer in the 'Source Computer' box. Select the Root Key. Enter the Key Path to examine. For example: '\Software\Microsoft\Windows'. Then select Edit - Create From Computer. (Depending on the size of the key, the window may appear to freeze for several seconds-or minutes.)

2. Apply changes from any REGEDIT4 formatted file - including those created with REGEDIT.EXE - to selected computers on the network.

Instructions: Choose File - Load from the menu. This will load the selected file into the window. You may edit it or make changes to the destination key (see below) before applying it to the selected computers.

3. Make a change in destination root key and/or key path. This will allow you to "copy" a key from one area of the registry to another.

Instructions: To make the changes at the time the file is created, simply follow the instructions in step one, but before selecting "Create From Computer" check the Change Destination" box and enter the changes you would like made.

To change a file after it is loaded, in the 'Source Computer' area, select the Root Key and Key Path as they are currently displayed in the file. Check the "Change Destination" box and enter the changes.

For Example, you create an export file with REGEDIT.EXE exporting the key:

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Eytcheson]

and want to place it on remote computers as:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\SomethingElse]

You would select HKEY_USERS in the Source Root Key box, and enter \.DEFAULT\Software\Eytcheson in the Source Root Path. Then, check the "Change Destination" box, select HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE in the Destination Root Key and enter \Software\SomethingElse in the Destination Path.

After you have made your selections, select Edit - Change Destination from the menu.

4. Apply the changes from the window to all selected computers.

Instructions: When the text in the right window is exactly what you want
to insert into the registry of the remote computers, Select Apply - Apply to Selected Computers.

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