Powershell import registry key in code

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I'm looking to import the below registry key without actually importing the .reg file

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cirrato]
"postInstallExecTimeout"=dword:0000001e
"ConfigApplyAllSettingsForModels"=""
"ConfigApplyAllSettingsForQueueNames"=""
"ConfigApplyPreferencesOnlyForQueueNames"=""
"OURestrictFailureCaption"=""
"OURestrictFailureText"=""

Is it possible to import this key in-line? I can't find any resources demonstrating how to add a registry key with multiple values like this.

Crude method would be to store the reg settings in a 'here' string, then write them to a temporary file at execution time and shell to 'regedit' or 'reg' to do the import. — andyb
– andyb, Commented Dec 13, 2017 at 1:07
I need to create this key as an SCCM configuration item, which means I can't import any files. It must be done entirely through the script. — Pickle
– Pickle, Commented Dec 13, 2017 at 15:10
So you don't actually have that .reg file, but want to create the same settings as importing the file would? — Ansgar Wiechers
– Ansgar Wiechers, Commented Dec 13, 2017 at 21:00

Ansgar Wiechers · Accepted Answer · 2017-12-13 21:08:09Z

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You can easily create a registry key from scratch like this:

$path = 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Cirrato'
$path = 'HKCU:\SOFTWARE\foo'

New-Item -Path $path -Force | Out-Null

Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'postInstallExecTimeout' -Value 30
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'ConfigApplyAllSettingsForModels' -Value ''
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'ConfigApplyAllSettingsForQueueNames' -Value ''
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'ConfigApplyPreferencesOnlyForQueueNames' -Value ''
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'OURestrictFailureCaption' -Value ''
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'OURestrictFailureText' -Value ''

The registry entries will normally be created with the appropriate type for the input value (REG_DWORD for integers, REG_SZ for strings). If not you can specify the type via the -Type parameter.

answered Dec 13, 2017 at 21:08

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