I do them directly in programs instead of using a batch file. Like this: %systemroot%\sysnative\regedt32 /S HKLMAdminConfig.reg most of the time.
I'm actually surprised though that your msi installs. Pretty sure you don't need the \ there either. http://www.myitforum.com/articles/8/print_view.asp?id=12036 SUMMARY So, we've learned 1. When you run a .bat file from a UNC path, the current working directory gets set to c:\Windows 2. %0 evaluates to the full drive, path, filename and extension of the .bat file. (%1, %2, etc refer to the params) 3. %~dp0 evaluates to the drive & path of the current .bat file, essentially to what the current working directory WOULD be if UNC paths were supported. 4. %~dp0 includes the trailing backslash so if you're going to use it to reference files, use %~dp0FILENAME.EXE not %~dp0\FILENAME.EXE or, if you put %~dp0 into a variable called THISDIR, use %THISDIR%FILENAME.EXE not %THISDIR%\FILENAME.EXE 5. If your path contains spaces, you'll need quotes around things. ________________________________ John Marcum MCITP, MCTS, MCSA Desktop Architect Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP ________________________________ [H_Logo] From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Heaton, Joseph@Wildlife Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2015 1:41 PM To: '[email protected]' <[email protected]> Subject: [mssms] RE: Having trouble with this package Latest correction: Installed fine on my test machine and my main machine, but not on any others that I've tried. Here's the batch file again: msiexec /i "%~dp0\Installer.msi" /qn C:\Windows\sysnative\regedit.exe /s "%~dp0Change.reg" Could it be the quotes around the reg file? From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Marcum, John Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2015 9:20 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [mssms] RE: Having trouble with this package Like Daniel said, you command line needs to specify "c:\windows\sysnative\regedit.exe" ________________________________ John Marcum MCITP, MCTS, MCSA Desktop Architect Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP ________________________________ [H_Logo] From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Heaton, Joseph@Wildlife Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2015 10:37 AM To: '[email protected]' <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: [mssms] RE: Having trouble with this package The package is 32-bit. It installs in c:\program files (x86) Here's the reg file: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ProductX] [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ProductX\appname] "company"="Our Company" "key"="xxxxxxx" From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Daniel Ratliff Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2015 8:23 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [mssms] RE: Having trouble with this package Is the application 32 or 64 bit? Packages run as 32-bit, you may need to call c:\windows\sysnative\regedit.exe to call the 64-bit version, otherwise it will place it in HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node. Daniel Ratliff From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Enley, Carl Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2015 11:05 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [mssms] RE: Having trouble with this package What hive is the .reg file writing to? Can you post the content of .reg file removing any personal information? From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Heaton, Joseph@Wildlife Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2015 10:54 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [mssms] Having trouble with this package I have a simple program that I need to install, and I need to make a registry change along with it. I chose to batch the process, and here's what I have: msiexec /i "%~dp0\install.msi" /qn regedit /s "%~dp0\change.reg" The registry setting is not happening. Therefore, the application opens in trial mode. I've also tried reversing the order of these commands, and that install doesn't seem to go anywhere. I've looked at other packages that a coworker had done previously, and I'm not seeing any real differences. If I open the ccmcache, and run the setup.bat as my administrator account, it works fine. 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