Accessing the Registry from the Command Line
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In my recent "Utilities you didn't know you had" podcast, I realize now I totally forgot about REG.EXE.
I was reminded while browsing James Manning's blog
From CMD.EXE, this tells you where VS.NET 2005 is installed:
C:\>reg query HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\8.0\Setup\VS /v EnvironmentDirectory
Here's the same thing in MSH (gp is the alias for get-property):
MSH C:\>$(gp HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\8.0\Setup\VS).EnvironmentDirectory
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April 13, 2006 5:32
Oh man, reg.exe was indespensible during my days as a systems engineer. I don't how many times I used it in a .cmd script to verify versions of IIS, SQL or any number of patches. Honestly, I don't miss it all that much. :)
tod
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