Silent registry changes on Windows 7

Question

I apologize if this is listed elsewhere, but I truly couldn't find it. Does anyone know how to silently modify registry keys in Windows 7? I've tried running regedit with the /S command line switch, but it still prompts the user for permission to modify the keys before proceeding. Any help would be much appreciated.

Andy

Answer 1

Since you're talking Windows 7, you will probably have better luck using a PowerShell script to handle this.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd315394.aspx

New Entry:
New-ItemProperty -Path HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion -Name PowerShellPath -PropertyType String -Value $PSHome
New Key:
New-Item -Path Registry::HKCU_DeleteMe

Microsoft makes sure that Regedit is noisy when it comes to importing registry keys. This is not true of other methods.