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How to export/import PuTTY sessions list?
Is there a way to do this?
Or I have to take manually every record from Registry?
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Read/write to Windows registry using Java
How is it possible to read/write to the Windows registry using Java?
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Where are environment variables stored in the Windows Registry?
I need to access an environment variable remotely. To do this, I think the best way is to read it from registry.
Where are environment variables stored in the Windows Registry?
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Java Error opening registry key
I get this error when I try to do anything with Java in command prompt:
Error opening registry key 'Software\JavaSoft\Java Runtime Environment.3'
Error: could not find Java.dll
Error: could not find ...
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Reading 64bit Registry from a 32bit application
I have a c# unit test project that is compiled for AnyCPU. Our build server is a 64bit machine, and has a 64bit SQL Express instance installed.
The test project uses code similar to the following to ...
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Windows is not passing command line arguments to Python programs executed from the shell
I'm having trouble getting command line arguments passed to Python programs if I try to execute them directly as executable commands from a Windows command shell. For example, if I have this program (...
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How do I get the value of a registry key and ONLY the value using powershell
Can anyone help me pull the value of a registry key and place it into a variable in PowerShell? So far I have used Get-ItemProperty and reg query and although both will pull the value, both also add ...
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How to read value of a registry key c#
At start up of my application I am trying to see if the user has a specific version of a software installed, specifically the MySQL connector, all using c#. In the registry, the MySQL contains a ...
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Where can I set path to make.exe on Windows?
When I try run make from cmd-console on Windows, it runs Turbo Delphi's make.exe but I need MSYS's make.exe. There is no mention about Turbo Delphi in %path% variable, maybe I can change it to MSYS in ...
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How to run a C# application at Windows startup?
I made an application that launches during startup, with the next code below.
The process runs on the process manager tool after the restart, but I can't see
the application on the screen.
When I open ...
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Detecting installed programs via registry
I need to develop a process that will detect if the users computer has certain programs installed and if so, what version. I believe I will need a list with the registry location and keys to look for ...
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How can I check what version/edition of Visual Studio is installed programmatically?
I could read registry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\10.0.
However, it doesn't give me any information about the edition of it - Professional/Ultimate or whatever.
How can I get ...
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Reading a registry key in C#
I have developed an application and installed it on a client computer. In my application I need to get its installation path. My application has a registry entry at:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\...
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Associate File Extension with Application
I've written a program that edits a specific filetype , and I want to give the user the option to set my application as the default editor for this filetype (since I don't want an installer) on ...
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Reading the registry and Wow6432Node key
I have some code that reads the registry and looks for a value in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\App\ but when running on 64-bit versions of Windows the value is under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\...
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How can I change the Java Runtime Version on Windows (7)?
How can I change the Java Runtime Version on Windows.
I installed Java 7 for some tests, and now I need the old java6 as system default, but I don't want to uninstall the Java 7 (I need it ...
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Configure Windows Explorer Folder Options through Powershell
I'm looking for a way to configure a few options in Folder Option dialog of Windows Explorer through Powershell.
The options are:
Choose "Show hidden files, folders, and drives"
Uncheck "Hide ...
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Writing to registry in a C# application
I'm trying to write to the registry using my C# app.
I'm using the answer given here: Writing values to the registry with C#
However for some reason the key isn't added to the registry.
I'm using ...
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Assign command output to variable in batch file [duplicate]
I'm trying to assign the output of a command to a variable - as in, I'm trying to set the current flash version to a variable. I know this is wrong, but this is what I've tried:
set var=reg query ...
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Is it possible to modify a registry entry via a .bat/.cmd script?
Is it possible to modify a registry value (whether string or DWORD) via a .bat/.cmd script?
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Requested registry access is not allowed
I'm writing a tweak utility that modifies some keys under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT.
All works fine under Windows XP and so on. But I'm getting error Requested registry access is not allowed under Windows 7. ...
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Detect whether Office is 32bit or 64bit via the registry [closed]
Now that Office also comes in a 64bit install, where in the registry do you find out if the version of Office installed is 32bit or 64bit?
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Tracking changes in Windows registry
Is there a way to track changes in Windows registry? I'd like to see what changes in the registry are made during installation of various programs.
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Windows 64-bit registry v.s. 32-bit registry
I heard on Windows x64 architecture, in order to support to run both x86 and x64 application, there is two separate/different sets of Windows registry -- one for x86 application to access and the ...
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modifying the registry key value
I have a registry path of the following
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\COMPANY\COMPFOLDER
inside COMPFOLDER, I have a string value called "Deno" whose value is 0. I wish to change its value to 1 by code ...
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