Software Warlock

Anyone who spends time on Windows quickly becomes familiar with regedit. It’s the fastest way to to get at a lot of configuration information and set specific application/OS flags.

When working from the command line, however, the reg command can be a better alternative for use in .BAT scripts. The reg command is specifically designed for scripting, and can do things like compare registry keys, retrieve key values, import/export .reg files, and much more. The help output of the command is listed below.

C:\Documents and Settings\Foo>reg /?

Console Registry Tool for Windows - version 3.0
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. 1981-2001.  All rights reserved

REG Operation [Parameter List]

  Operation  [ QUERY   | ADD    | DELETE  | COPY    |
               SAVE    | LOAD   | UNLOAD  | RESTORE |
               COMPARE | EXPORT | IMPORT ]

Return Code: (Except of REG COMPARE)

  0 - Succussful
  1 - Failed

For help on a specific operation type:

  REG Operation /?

Examples:

  REG QUERY /?
  REG ADD /?
  REG DELETE /?
  REG COPY /?
  REG SAVE /?
  REG RESTORE /?
  REG LOAD /?
  REG UNLOAD /?
  REG COMPARE /?
  REG EXPORT /?
  REG IMPORT /?