On our Citrix farm, we have a specific registry key that needs to have a particular value set. At random, usually following a Windows update, this value reverts to its default value. We rectify this by setting the value with a startup script. What we want to do is build some logic in that will check the value - if its correct the function will end, if its wrong then the script will set the correct value and then create a simple log file on the local server with a timestamp to indicate the value was wrong. Any ideas?
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For a vbscript method...change the path, "Value" and "Data" to be what you need...
Dim objShell:Set objShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shel
strRegPath = "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Application
strValue = objShell.RegRead(strRegPat
If strValue <> "RequiredValue" Then strResult = objShell.RegWrite(strRegPa
Missed that requirement...full version:
Dim objShell:Set objShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shel
strRegPath = "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Application
strValue = objShell.RegRead(strRegPat
If strValue <> "RequiredValue" Then
Dim objNet: Set objNet=CreateObject("Wscri
Dim objFSO:Set objFSO=CreateObject("Scrip
Dim objFile: Set objFile=objFSO.CreateTextF
strResult = objShell.RegWrite(strRegPa
objFile.WriteLine Date & " " & Time & " : " & objNet.ComputerName & " had to have the value reset."
objFile.Close
Set objFile=Nothing
Set objFSO=Nothing
Set objNet=Nothing
End If
Set objShell=Nothing
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by: oBdAPosted on 2007-04-22 at 14:07:59ID: 18955194
Just in case a batch might do it as well (note that what you're looking for is the data, the value is the name of the "variable"):
reg query "HKLM\Software\Acme" /v "TheValue" | find /i "TheDataThatShouldBeThere"
if errorlevel 1 (
>>"TheLogFile.txt" echo %Date% %Time% Incorrect data found!
reg add "HKLM\Software\Acme" /v "TheValue" /d "TheDataThatShouldBeThere"
)