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REGCREATEKEY

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This command creates the specified registry key. If the key already exists in the registry, the command is ignored.

9, [ErrorMode], hKey, [ExpandMode], Key, Options,
[SamDesired], [SecRev], [ExpandMode], [Inherit],[ExpandMode],[SecAttr],
[ExpandMode], [Class]

Parameters

  • ErrorMode
    Optional. Specified as a decimal representation of a hexadecimal bitmask. Values must be specified in decimal format. The following table shows the possible values.

    Value Name Description
    0 (0xnnnn0000) DAERH_ABORT Default. The abort-on-error mode stops the command file from processing further.
    32768 (0xnnnn8000) DAERH_IGNORE The ignore-on-error mode continues by processing the next command when an error occurs.
    32769-33023 (0x000080xx where xx!=00 is the number of retries) DAERH_RETRY_WITHIGNORE The retry-on-error with ignore mode retries the offending command up to 255 times. If the number of retries exceeds the retry count, this mode continues processing the next command.
    1-255(0x00xx where xx!=0 is the number of retries from 1-255) DAERH_RETRY_WITHABORT The retry-on-error with abort mode retries the offending command up to 255 times. If the number of retries exceeds the retry count, the command file processing halts.
    65536 – 4294901760(0xFFFFnnnn where FFFF is the delay mask in seconds) DAERH_DELAYMASK The delay error mode value is added to either the DAERH_RETRY_WITHIGNORE or the DAERH_RETRY_WITHABORT value to cause a delay between retries. This value is in seconds and has a range between 1 and 65535.

    Note   Parsing errors, especially the passing of not valid command parameters, generates an error in DAERH_ABORT error mode. With logging enabled, an appropriate error message is output to the log file.

  • hKey
    Predefined registry handles. The following table shows the possible values.

    Value Name
    2147483648 HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
    2147483649 HKEY_CURRENT_USER
    2147483650 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
    2147483651 HKEY_USERS
    2147483652 HKEY_PERFORMANCE_DATA
    2147483653 HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG

  • ExpandMode
    Optional. Specifies if the string that follows it is an environment variable that should be expanded. Can occur multiple times with this command. The following table shows the possible values.

    Value Description
    0 Does not expand the string.
    1 Device Update Agent expands the string on the embedded device.
    2 Device Update Agent script compiler expands the string on the developer computer.

  • Key
    String specifying the name of a key that this function opens or creates. This key must be a subkey of the key identified by the hKey parameter.

  • Options
    Specifies special options for the key. For more information, see Registry Key Options.

  • SamDesired
    Optional. Access mask that specifies the desired access rights to the key. The following table shows the possible values, which can be combined.

    Value Name Description
    1 KEY_QUERY_VALUE Permission to query subkey data.
    2 KEY_SET_VALUE Permission to set subkey data.
    4 KEY_CREATE_SUB_KEY Permission to create subkeys.
    8 KEY_ENUMERATE_SUB_KEYS Permission to enumerate subkeys.
    16 KEY_NOTIFY Permission for change notification.
    32 KEY_CREATE_LINK Permission to create a symbolic link.
    131078 KEY_WRITE Combines the STANDARD_RIGHTS_WRITE, KEY_SET_VALUE, and KEY_CREATE_SUB_KEY access rights.
    131097 KEY_READ Combines the STANDARD_RIGHTS_READ, KEY_QUERY_VALUE, KEY_ENUMERATE_SUB_KEYS, and KEY_NOTIFY access rights.
    131097 KEY_EXECUTE Permission for read access (= KEY_READ).
    983103 KEY_ALL_ACCESS Combines the KEY_QUERY_VALUE, KEY_ENUMERATE_SUB_KEYS, KEY_NOTIFY, KEY_CREATE_SUB_KEY, KEY_CREATE_LINK, and KEY_SET_VALUE access rights, plus all the standard access rights except SYNCHRONIZE.

  • SecRev, Inherit, SecAttr
    Optional. For more information, see Security Revision and Security Attributes.

  • Class
    Optional. String that specifies the class or object type of this key. This parameter is ignored if the key already exists. No classes are currently defined; applications should pass a null string.

Remarks

For more information, see the Microsoft Windows SDK documentation at this Microsoft Web site.

Example

The following example shows typical use.

//
// RegCreateKey
//
REGCREATEKEY,, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE ,, SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\SampleKey , DAREG_OPTION_NON_VOLATILE, KEY_ALL_ACCESS

See Also

DUA Script Command Reference

Last updated on Wednesday, October 18, 2006

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