Agree with Gil. There is a registry data type specifically for this kind of
data, it is called REG_EXPAND_SZ. That will tell the app to do the expansion
and it simply has to use ExpandEnvironmentStrings to get the real value
then. Of course if the app doesn't look for that and do something about it,
it isn't going to do anything.
joe
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gil Kirkpatrick
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It would depend on the app that is interpreting the registry entry. The
registry itself doesn't automatically do parameter replacement like that.
-gil
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thommes, Michael M.
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Subject: [ActiveDir] can variables be used in the registry?
A discussion this afternoon touched upon the notion of using variables (like
%systemroot% or %windir%) in the registry. Is this possible? Has anyone
ever done it? TIA!
Mike Thommes
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