From: Jam <jam@...>
Date: 2012-06-01T13:56:34+09:00
Subject: Re: Registry editing in Windows 7

Hey Jason,

Try starting with a read operation so you know you're interacting with the expected registry. The wow32 node has caught me by surprise a few times. 

Jams

On May 31, 2012, at 9:20 PM, Jason Burgett <lists@ruby-forum.com> wrote:

> I'm trying to edit 1 key in the Windows 7 registry and I'm having
> trouble. Here's what I have so far:
> 
> -------------------
> 
> require 'win32/registry'
> 
> keyname = 'Software\Tightvnc\Server'
> access = Win32::Registry::KEY_ALL_ACCESS
> 
> Win32::Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.open(keyname, access) do |reg|
>  reg['Password'] = '7a,2f,07,fd,36,74,7c,52'
> end
> 
> -------------------
> 
> The key has a BINARY value that is already set to another value. When I
> run the .rb file from an administrative command prompt it seems to run
> with no errors, but the value never changes.
> 
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