Reading from the registry

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Reading from the registry #209470 14/02/09 04:41 AM
Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 24 T Tzar469 OP Ameglian cow
OP Tzar469 Ameglian cow T Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 24	Hi! I'm making a script that will launch an application. The trouble with this is that not everyone installed the application in the same place. However, the installer does write the install path to the registry: HKLM\Software\Westwood\ApocRise\InstallPath Is there a way to read the information stored in this registry key?

Re: Reading from the registry [Re: Tzar469] #209471 14/02/09 04:43 AM
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argv0 Hoopy frood A Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 3,918 Montreal, QC, Canada	Quick little google search found this on mirc.org: Code: alias regread { if ($com(rr)) { !.comclose rr } !.comopen rr WScript.Shell var %a = $com(rr,RegRead,3,bstr,$1-) var %a = $com(rr).result !.comclose rr !return $iif(%a,%a,$null) } //echo -a $regread(HKLM\Software\Westwood\ApocRise\InstallPath) - argv[0] on EFnet #mIRC - "Life is a pointer to an integer without a cast"

Re: Reading from the registry [Re: argv0] #209482 15/02/09 07:10 AM
Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 24 T Tzar469 OP Ameglian cow
OP Tzar469 Ameglian cow T Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 24	That works great! Thank you so much!