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That's probably because the file created by regedit is saved in Unicode format; when you copy and paste just the text into a new file, and save this in ANSI format, it works. Try to open the file created in notepad, choose &quot;Save as&quot;, and save it in ANSI instead of Unicode. If this works, then you'll have to adjust the file handling in your VBS script.<br />

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That's probably because the file created by regedit is saved in Unicode format; when you copy and paste just the text into a new file, and save this in ANSI format, it works. Try to open the file created in notepad, choose "Save as", and save it in ANSI instead of Unicode. If this works, then you'll have to adjust the file handling in your VBS script.


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oBdA,<br />
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Thanks for your help.<br />
<br />
With the answer you suggested last time:<br />
regedit /e odbc.txt &quot;HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWA<wbr />RE\ODBC\OD<wbr />BC.INI&quot;<br />
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can the text file be saved in ANSI format automatically?<br />
or is there any way to change the Unicode to ANSI format automatically?<br />
<br />
Sheila
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oBdA,

Thanks for your help.

With the answer you suggested last time:
regedit /e odbc.txt "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ODBC\ODBC.INI"

can the text file be saved in ANSI format automatically?
or is there any way to change the Unicode to ANSI format automatically?

Sheila

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see <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vbenlr98/html/vamthopentextfile.asp" rel="ugc">http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vbenlr98/html/vamthopentextfile.asp</a>&nbsp;- set the iomode to 1 to read unicode.
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see http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vbenlr98/html/vamthopentextfile.asp [http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vbenlr98/html/vamthopentextfile.asp] - set the iomode to 1 to read unicode.

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Refer to the question:<br />
<a href="https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/21370972/Auto-export-registry-file.html" rel="ugc">https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/21370972/Auto-export-registry-file.html</a><br />
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When I tried to read the odbc.txt with VBScript, it shows special words.<br />
But if I copy the text file and paste it to a new text file, and the VBScript works.<br />
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Why this happens?
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Refer to the question:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Operating_Systems/WinNT/Q_21370972.html

When I tried to read the odbc.txt with VBScript, it shows special words.
But if I copy the text file and paste it to a new text file, and the VBScript works.

Why this happens?

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