Adapting .REG Files.

Reg import "E:\Testing\Winver.reg" &:: It will return an error if an error arises.
Regedit /s "E:\Testing\Winver.reg" &:: It will return nothing even if an error arises.

Another test via a CMD script.

Code:

@echo off
(Net session >nul 2>&1)||(PowerShell start -verb runas '%~0' &exit /b)
For %%I In ("E:\Testing\*.reg") Do (Echo.
Echo --^>"%%I" is going to be imported.
Reg import "%%I" && CD.||pause)

The output is shown below.

Code:

-->"E:\Testing\Metered Connections.reg" is going to be imported.
ERROR: Error accessing the registry.
Press any key to continue . . .

-->"E:\Testing\System Properties.reg" is going to be imported.
The operation completed successfully.

-->"E:\Testing\Testing.reg" is going to be imported.
ERROR: The specified file is not a registry file. You can import only registry files.
Press any key to continue . . .

The first error denotes "Access denied" due to insufficient privileges.
The second was due to the absence of Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
The process will be paused only if an error has arisen.

I just found that && CD. is unneeded and can be omitted from the last line of the script.

Paul Black said:

I setup a Test.reg [without the Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00] and it gave me the expected ERROR.

Try the following one, which will give you another error: access denied.

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\NetworkList\DefaultMediaCost]
"Ethernet"=dword:00000002

PowerRun, third-party software, allows you access to modify the "dword" of "Ethernet".

Paul Black said:

Code:

echo. & echo Processed [ Merged ] %Count% REG files successfully! & echo. & Pause

The above output the following when two of the three REG files could not be merged.

Code:

Processed [ Merged ] 3 REG files successfully!

Actually, only one file was merged successfully.

Paul Black said:

Did you see my attempt at creating them in a previous post?

Do you mean the one in post #66? I have not run it. Have you? If so, have you found any errors?

Paul Black said:

Thank so much Matthew Wai for all your expertise, it is appreciated.

Shamefully, I have been banned from asking a question on stackoverflow.com because I asked too many stupid questions, which received dozens of downvotes.

I just ran your script in post #66 and got the following:

Code:

Processing BAT file: "E:\Testing\Testing batch.bat".
'/q' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
Operations completed.
Press any key to continue . . .