Note<\/b> Suppose I want to create a new registry key under HKEY_CURRENT_USER under the Software key, and I want to call it HSG<\/b>. <\/i>The registry location (for the target HSG<\/b>) <\/i>is shown in the following image.<\/p>\n To create the new registry key, I use the four steps:<\/p>\n The commands are shown here.<\/p>\n PS C:\\> pushd<\/p>\n PS C:\\> Set-Location HKCU:\\Software<\/p>\n PS HKCU:\\Software> New-Item -Name HSG<\/p>\n Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software<\/p>\n SKC VC Name Property<\/p>\n — — —- ——–<\/p>\n 0 0 HSG {}<\/p>\n PS HKCU:\\Software> popd<\/p>\n PS C:\\><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The newly created registry key is shown in the image that follows.<\/p>\n To add a registry property value, I use the New-ItemProperty<\/b> cmdlet. I perform the same basic steps I used to create the registry key, but I use the New-ITemProperty<\/b> cmdlet instead of the New-Item<\/b> cmdlet, as follows:<\/p>\n The use of these techniques is shown here.<\/p>\n PS C:\\> pushd<\/p>\n PS C:\\> Set-Location HKCU:\\Software<\/p>\n PS HKCU:\\Software> New-ItemProperty -Name forscripting -PropertyType string -path hsg -Value “PowerShell Rocks”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n PSPath : Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\\Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\hsg<\/p>\n PSParentPath : Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\\Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software<\/p>\n PSChildName : hsg<\/p>\n PSDrive : HKCU<\/p>\n PSProvider : Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\\Registry<\/p>\n forscripting : PowerShell Rocks<\/p>\n <\/p>\n PS HKCU:\\Software> popd<\/p>\n PS C:\\><\/p>\n The newly created registry property is shown in the image that follows.<\/p>\n After I have done all this locally, it is really easy to do it against a remote computer. I can do it by using Windows PowerShell remoting by using the following steps:<\/p>\n The following image illustrates this technique.<\/p>\n I then use Remote Desktop to connect to the remote server to verify that the registry key and property are updated. This is shown in the following image.<\/p>\n Well, that is about it for creating a remote registry key. Join me tomorrow, when I will talk about doing this in a single command—a scenario that is useful when you need to make changes on multiple computers.<\/p>\n I invite you to follow me on Twitter<\/a> and Facebook<\/a>. If you have any questions, send email to me at scripter@microsoft.com<\/a>, or post your questions on the Official Scripting Guys Forum<\/a>. See you tomorrow. Until then, peace.<\/p>\n Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy<\/b> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to edit the registry on remote computers. 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For a good introduction to using Windows PowerShell to work with the registry, see The Scripting Wife, Windows PowerShell, and the Registry<\/a>.
For more advanced topics, check out some of the other blog posts about the registry<\/a> in the Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog archives. There you will find blogs such as:<\/p>\n\n
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