Remote Registry Rename

[Trev]

I've been trying to Rename a registry Key on a remote system, I've
found info to do this locally but not remotely. Anyone know of a way
to do it, except for deleting and recreating?

Thanks

[Shay Levy [MVP]]

Hello Trev,

There is no builtin support to rename keys, you'll have to create/copy the
same key tree under a new name and then delete the *old* one.

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T> I've been trying to Rename a registry Key on a remote system, I've
T> found info to do this locally but not remotely. Anyone know of a way
T> to do it, except for deleting and recreating?
T>
T> Thanks
T>

[Vadims Podans]

It is too hard to accomplish this via PowerShell (.NET or WMI). However we
can easily use reg.exe utility:
$source = "hklm\software\abc"
$dest = "hklm\software\abcd"
$computer = "computer"
$a = reg copy \\$computer\$source \\$computer\$dest /s
if ($a) {reg delete \\$computer\$source /f} else {write-warning "some error
occurred"}

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[Shay Levy [MVP]]

Excellent.

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Vv> It is too hard to accomplish this via PowerShell (.NET or WMI).
Vv> However we
Vv> can easily use reg.exe utility:
Vv> $source = "hklm\software\abc"
Vv> $dest = "hklm\software\abcd"
Vv> $computer = "computer"
Vv> $a = reg copy \\$computer\$source \\$computer\$dest /s
Vv> if ($a) {reg delete \\$computer\$source /f} else {write-warning
Vv> "some error
Vv> occurred"}
Vv> "Shay Levy [MVP]" <n...@addre.ss> rakst?ja zi?ojum?
Vv> "news:37162f677444b8...@news.microsoft.com"...
Vv>