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siocnarf
siocnarf

Reputation: 3

Unable to set a registry property

I am trying to set a property in the registry and getting a strange error message. I don't understand.

New-ItemProperty "HKCU:\Software\Fortinet\FortiClient\FA_UI\VPN-6.4.1.1519" -PropertyType DWORD -Name "installed" -value "5f4053b4"

New-ItemProperty : Impossible de convertir la valeur « 5f4053b4 » en type « System.UInt32 ». Erreur : « Le format de la chaîne d'entrée est incorrect. »
Au caractère Ligne:1 : 1
+ New-ItemProperty "HKCU:\Software\Fortinet\FortiClient\FA_UI\VPN-6.4.1 ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : WriteError: (HKEY_CURRENT_US...\VPN-6.4.1.1519:String) [New-ItemProperty], PSInvalidCastException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.Management.Automation.PSInvalidCastException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.NewItemPropertyCommand

Thanks

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1221

Answers (2)

Theo
Theo

Reputation: 61253

The value you are trying to set is in hexadecimal format. In PowerShell you need to prepend it with 0x

New-ItemProperty -Path "HKCU:\Software\Fortinet\FortiClient\FA_UI\VPN-6.4.1.1519" -PropertyType DWORD -Name "installed" -Value 0x5f4053b4

Or use the decimal value 1598051252

Upvotes: 0

Andrew Ryan Davis
Andrew Ryan Davis

Reputation: 659

The Value should not be quoted, that would make it a string. The DWORD value is looking for a 32-bit binary. This is causing the type conversion error you are seeing.

New-ItemProperty -Path "HKCU:\Software\Fortinet\FortiClient\FA_UI\VPN-6.4.1.1519" -PropertyType DWORD -Name "installed" -Value 5f4053b4

Upvotes: 2

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