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Dave
Dave

Reputation: 8461

Cannot set value in reg file

I'm trying to set a multi_sz value, but my code isn't working, and I get no error message or similar.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]
"Start Page"="http://www.yahoo.com"
reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main" /t REG_MULTI_SZ /v "Secondary Start Pages" /d "http://www.bbc.co.uk\0http://www.superuser.com\0" /f

The start page works fine, the issue is when trying to add the Secondary Start Pages. The value is not updating (I guess indicating that there is something wrong). I have no idea what is wrong

Upvotes: 1

Views: 892

Answers (1)

Alex
Alex

Reputation: 917

Seems like you're trying to run the commands as a .reg file, you can use this one:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]
"Start Page"="http://www.yahoo.com"
"Secondary Start Pages"=hex(7):68,00,74,00,74,00,70,00,3a,00,2f,00,2f,00,77,00,\
  77,00,77,00,2e,00,62,00,62,00,63,00,2e,00,63,00,6f,00,2e,00,75,00,6b,00,00,\
  00,68,00,74,00,74,00,70,00,3a,00,2f,00,2f,00,77,00,77,00,77,00,2e,00,73,00,\
  75,00,70,00,65,00,72,00,75,00,73,00,65,00,72,00,2e,00,63,00,6f,00,6d,00,00,\
  00,00,00

Here's the same thing as a batch file (name "webpage_defaults.bat" and run it):

@echo off
red add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main" /v "Start Page" /t REG_SZ /d "http://www.yahoo.com" /f
reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main" /v "Secondary Start Pages" /t REG_MULTI_SZ /d "http://www.bbc.co.uk\0http://www.superuser.com\0" /f

Upvotes: 1

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