From: Thufir <hawat.thufir@...>
Date: 2007-12-08T10:15:08+09:00
Subject: working with the registry

I found:

require 'win32/registry'
keyname = 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager
\Environment'
access = Win32::Registry::KEY_ALL_ACCESS
Win32::Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.open(keyname, access) do |reg|
# Add to path
['c:\foo\bin', 'c:\bar\bin'].each do |directory|
unless (reg['path'].include? directory)
reg['path'] += ';' + directory
end
end
# Add environment variable
reg['foobar'] = '42'
# Note: won't take effect until restart!
end

<http://multipart-mixed.com/downloads/software/
spectra_d500_lessons_learned.pdf>


but would like to query the registry from ruby.  Just thinking outloud
here, haven't found a tutorial invovling the registry and ruby which I
find useful yet :(


C:\msi>
C:\msi>
C:\msi>dir
 Volume in drive C has no label.
 Volume Serial Number is 0491-510F


 Directory of C:\msi


12/06/2007  12:36 PM    <DIR>          .
12/06/2007  12:36 PM    <DIR>          ..
12/06/2007  12:25 PM        10,970,624 python-2.5.1.msi
               1 File(s)     10,970,624 bytes
               2 Dir(s)  28,396,879,872 bytes free


C:\msi>
C:\msi>reg query HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft
\Windows
\Installe
r


! REG.EXE VERSION 3.0


HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Installer
    EnableAdminTSRemote REG_DWORD       0x1


C:\msi>
C:\msi>reg query HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft
\Windows
\


! REG.EXE VERSION 3.0


HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\


HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\\Control Panel


HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\\System


C:\msi>



thanks,

Thufir