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Manipulate or query the registry on remote hosts.

updateregistry

All registry actions, with the exception of Read, cannot be undone and are permanent. Use this feature with caution.

Actions:

The following data types are supported:

•Add a value

•Delete a value

•Change a value

•Read a value

•Add a key

•Delete a key

•Copy a key

•REG_DWORD

•REG_SZ

•REG_EXPAND_SZ

Main key

Specifies the root key that will be affected by the update. The following choices are available:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE (default)

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT

HKEY_CURRENT_USER

HKEY_USERS

Key

The target key under the main key. e.g. to update HKLM\SOFTWARE\SomeProduct\SomeValue First set Main key to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. Then enter software\SomeProduct in the Key field.

Value/Subkey name

The target key/value for the update. The field accepts a value name when a value action is selected (e.g. Add value) and a subkey name when a key action is selected (e.g. Add key). This field is not available when Copy key is selected.

Value Data

Data to be written to the value specified in the value name field. Only available when Add value or Change value is selected.

Value Type

The data type for the value provided in the Value data field. Only available when Add value or Change value is selected May be one of:

REG_EXPAND_SZ

REG_SZ

REG_DWORD

Action Type

Specifies the type of registry update to perform. The following choices are available:

Add value	Adds a new value to an existing registry key
Delete value	Deletes an existing value from an existing registry key
Change value	Changes an existing value of an existing key to a new value
Read value	Reads an existing value of an existing key. This operation is non-destructive.
Add key	Adds a new registry (sub)key
Delete key	Delete and existing registry key
Copy key	Copies an existing registry key to a new registry key

This feature requires that the Remote Registry service is running on the target host.