Anyone has an idea why this list wants me to send mail to the OP rather than the ML itself? Anyways,
On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 4:39 PM, Albert-Jan Roskam <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to change a registry value (Windows 7, Python 2.7) but it won't > work when I try to do this using Python: > > import os > # 1 using this from Python won't work, but double-clicking the file works. > os.system(r"regedit /s C:\Users\Desktop\set_temp.reg") > # 2: using this from Python won't work, but from the commandline or with a > batch file works > os.system("reg add HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software .....(etc)") > > Why is this not working using Python? Is there a built-in way to do this (I > don't have win32api)? > > Regards, > Albert-Jan > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, > public order, irrigation, roads, a > fresh water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for > us? > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - [email protected] > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > Please, do not do stuff like that. There is a library for that: http://docs.python.org/library/_winreg.html Also, using registry keys is not a great idea if you would want someone to use your code on a different platform. (originally sent to the OP @ 2012-08-03T15:14:00Z) -- Kwpolska <http://kwpolska.tk> stop html mail | always bottom-post www.asciiribbon.org | www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html GPG KEY: 5EAAEA16 | Arch Linux x86_64, zsh, mutt, vim. # vim:set textwidth=70: _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
