LKBEN10625: Howto use a command line with regedit and import a reg key into the registry
LKB | Created: 02/04/2020 | Version: 0 | Language: EN | Rating: 0 | Outdated: False | Marked for deletion: False
Author: Wim Peeters - Keskon GmbH & Co. KG
Symptom
You want to load a registry hive or key with a command line
Cause
This is by design
Solution
Under normal circumstances the import of the regkey will show you a popup messages. To deactivate this you can start regedit with /s (=silent). e.g.
regedit /s c:\temp\myregkey.reg
A regfile from NT 4 can be imported with regedit version 5 as long as the keypath is still the same!
About the Author
Wim Peeters is electronics engineer with an additional master in IT and over 30 years of experience, including time spent in support, development, consulting, training and database administration. Wim has worked with SQL Server since version 6.5. He has developed in C/C++, Java and C# on Windows and Linux. He writes knowledge base articles to solve IT problems and publishes them on the Lubby Knowledge Platform.