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September 3, 2009 - 1:36pm
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any bady can learn me how Merge or mix two or three setting.reg files in one?( HKCU+HKLM+..to SETTING .REG)

any body can learn me how Merge or mix two or three setting.regs in one?( HKCU+HKLM+..to SETTING .REG)

for example.
${registry::SaveKey} "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\App" "$SETTINGSDIRECTORY\setting1.reg" "" $R0
${registry::SaveKey} "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\App" "$SETTINGSDIRECTORY\setting2.reg" "" $R0
and...
setting1.reg+setting2.reg+... JUST mix to one SETTING.reg and save to settingdirectory
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September 3, 2009 - 4:35pm
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reg files are text files

If you export registry settings to .reg files, you can open them in notepad and edit them.

Your setting1.reg will have something like:

Windows Registry Editor 
Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\\App]
"Key1"=dword:00000001
"Key2"=dword:00000001
etc...

Your setting2.reg will have something like:

Windows Registry Editor 
Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\\App]
"Key1"=dword:00000001
"Key2"=dword:00000001
etc...

Copy the text from the first and paste into notepad.
Copy everything except the first two lines from the second and add it to the same new file. It should look like this:

Windows Registry Editor 
Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\\App]
"Key1"=dword:00000001
"Key2"=dword:00000001
etc...

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\\App]
"Key1"=dword:00000001
"Key2"=dword:00000001
etc...

Save as setting.reg

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September 3, 2009 - 6:01pm
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Yes, but I think he means

Yes, but I think he means with NSIS. I've never tried it. never even thought about it. I don't think NSIS provides for it though.

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September 3, 2009 - 9:01pm
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The question is not so much does NSIS support it as does RegEdit support it: and the answer is no.

If you like, you could merge the files, chucking away the first two lines. But you'll need to make your own NSIS code to do that (it's not all that hard, just FileRead from one and and FileWrite to the other (appending) after the first two lines).

I really can't see any point in it though. And with a unified launcher it will be entirely unsupported.

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September 4, 2009 - 4:02am
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Perhaps I am misunderstanding

Perhaps I am misunderstanding the question but here goes...

Backup your registry keys...

RegistryBackup1:
	${registry::KeyExists} "HKCU\Software\REGKEY1-BackupBy${NAME}" $R0
	StrCmp $R0 "0" RegistryBackup2
	${registry::KeyExists} "HKCU\Software\REGKEY1" $R0
	StrCmp $R0 "-1" RegistryBackup2
	${registry::MoveKey} "HKCU\Software\REGKEY1" "HKCU\Software\REGKEY1-BackupBy${NAME}" $R0
	Sleep 100

RegistryBackup2:
	${registry::KeyExists} "HKCU\Software\REGKEY2-BackupBy${NAME}" $R0
	StrCmp $R0 "0" RegistryBackup3
	${registry::KeyExists} "HKCU\Software\REGKEY2" $R0
	StrCmp $R0 "-1" RegistryBackup3
	${registry::MoveKey} "HKCU\Software\REGKEY2" "HKCU\Software\REGKEY2-BackupBy${NAME}" $R0
	Sleep 100

RegistryBackup3:
	${registry::KeyExists} "HKCU\Software\REGKEY3-BackupBy${NAME}" $R0
	StrCmp $R0 "0" RestoreTheKey
	${registry::KeyExists} "HKCU\Software\REGKEY3" $R0
	StrCmp $R0 "-1" RestoreTheKey
	${registry::MoveKey} "HKCU\Software\REGKEY3" "HKCU\Software\REGKEY3-BackupBy${NAME}" $R0
	Sleep 100

On exit, save them...

;RegistryRestore:
	StrCmp $FAILEDTORESTOREKEY "true" SetOriginalKeyBack1
	${registry::SaveKey} "HKCU\Software\REGKEY1" "$SETTINGSDIRECTORY\${NAME}.reg" "" $0
	${registry::SaveKey} "HKCU\Software\REGKEY2" "$SETTINGSDIRECTORY\${NAME}.reg" "/A=1" $0
	${registry::SaveKey} "HKCU\Software\REGKEY3" "$SETTINGSDIRECTORY\${NAME}.reg" "/A=1" $0
	Sleep 100

Note the difference between the end of the first line and the end of all subsequent ones. Where the first one is blank (""), all the others contain "/A=1" (append). Now all three keys are saved to one file ("NAME.reg").

Restore your registry keys...

SetOriginalKeyBack1:
	${registry::DeleteKey} "HKCU\Software\REGKEY1" $R0
	Sleep 100
	${registry::KeyExists} "HKCU\Software\REGKEY1-BackupBy${NAME}" $R0
	StrCmp $R0 "-1" SetOriginalKeyBack2
	${registry::MoveKey} "HKCU\Software\REGKEY1-BackupBy${NAME}" "HKCU\Software\REGKEY1" $R0
	Sleep 100

SetOriginalKeyBack2:
	${registry::DeleteKey} "HKCU\Software\REGKEY2" $R0
	Sleep 100
	${registry::KeyExists} "HKCU\Software\REGKEY2-BackupBy${NAME}" $R0
	StrCmp $R0 "-1" SetOriginalKeyBack3
	${registry::MoveKey} "HKCU\Software\REGKEY2-BackupBy${NAME}" "HKCU\Software\REGKEY2" $R0
	Sleep 100

SetOriginalKeyBack3:
	${registry::DeleteKey} "HKCU\Software\REGKEY3" $R0
	Sleep 100
	${registry::KeyExists} "HKCU\Software\REGKEY3-BackupBy${NAME}" $R0
	StrCmp $R0 "-1" TheEnd
	${registry::MoveKey} "HKCU\Software\REGKEY3-BackupBy${NAME}" "HKCU\Software\REGKEY3" $R0
	Sleep 100
	Goto TheEnd

I just posted these. Process Explorer and Process Monitor both do this. If you want a more elaborate example, take a look at REAPER here.

Again, apologies if this isn't what you mean :-)

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