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[phurious]

Sorry, the code you posted does not work unless you added more to it that you did not post.

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1. # The $regPath variable is the location where the exported REG file will be saved. Set to D:\ for testing.
2. # The $regFile variable exists nowhere in my code, so I am not sure what you are using it for.
3. # In my script this argument statement would read as:
4. # 'Export',
5. # ("'{0}'" -f D:\),
6. # unknown,
7. # "/Y'
8. $argList = @(
9.     'Export',
10.     ('"{0}"' -f $regPath),
11.     $regfile,
12.     '/Y'
13. )
14. Start-Process -FilePath C:\Windows\System32\reg.exe -ArgumentList $argList -NoNewWindow

Running this gave me no information. I changed it to:

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1. $argList = @(
2.     'Export',
3.     ('"{0}"' -f $r),
4.     "$regPath\HKLM1.REG",
5.     '/Y'
6. )
7. Start-Process -FilePath C:\Windows\System32\reg.exe -ArgumentList $argList -NoNewWindow

Even after I changed the code it still returned nothing.

[jvierra]

I ran that code with the exact same data and it worked fine.

[jvierra]

This one also works for me:

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1. $regPaths = @(
2.     'HKCU\printers',
3.     'HKLM\SOFTWARE\Logitech\Logitech Gaming Software'
4.     )
5. $filePath = 'D:\'
6.  
7. ForEach ($regPath in $regPaths) {
8.     $regKey = ($regPath -replace '^HKCU', 'HKCU:') -replace '^HKLM', 'HKLM:'
9.     $regfile = $filePath+($regPath -replace '\\', '-') + '.reg'
10.     If (Test-Path $regKey) {
11.         Write-Host "$regKey found!" -fore green
12.         $regfile = '"'+$filePath + ($regPath -replace '\\', '-') + '.reg"'
13.         Write-Host $regfile -fore Blue
14.         $argList = @(
15.             'Export',
16.             ('"{0}"' -f $regPath),
17.             $regfile,
18.             '/Y'
19.         )
20.         Start-Process -FilePath C:\Windows\System32\reg.exe -ArgumentList $argList -NoNewWindow
21.     } else {
22.         Write-Host "$regKey NOT found!" -fore red
23.     }
24. }

[phurious]

Cut/Paste/and Ran the code you posted and this is what I get:

[jvierra]

The key does not exist on you machine. I cannot help you with that. Either you have the wrong name for the key or it does not exisit on your machine.

[phurious]

You can clearly see in the screencap the code is reporting that the key does not exist, but the window overlaying the Powershell Studio window is the registry editor opened to the exact key in question.

[phurious]

This also helps further illustrate my original question. When the code is "Run" from within Powershell Studio, the script reports the key is not found:





But if the exact same code on the same machine is "Run in Console" from within Powershell Studio, the script finds the key:



The credentials are the same, so why does running the script by clicking "Run" or packaging it into an EXE fail?

[monoeagle]

Possibly a problem with the plattform? =)

Your Key is from the x64 Hive, your Script on the first picture is running under v4 x86 plattform.

On your second screen the console is running as x64.

Check your Configuration.

[phurious]

Possibly a problem with the plattform? =)

Your Key is from the x64 Hive, your Script on the first picture is running under v4 x86 plattform.

On your second screen the console is running as x64.

Check your Configuration.

Couldn't see the forest for the trees . . . this is indeed the issue. Thank you Monoeagle!

Next question, this code has to run on both x86 and x64 systems so I am packaging it as 32 bit. How can I successfully export the registry keys on both x64 and x86? I already have a function to determine bitness built into the script but I am unfamiliar with having to address bitness dealing with the registry.

[jvierra]

You must specify which hive you are querying.

The key is clearly a main hive key. If you run it as a 64 bit script on a 64 bit machine it will work correctly. The same on a 32 bit machine.