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Yogesh_C
New Contributor
9 years ago

How to rename Registry (Subsection)?

A Section object is returned by the Registry method of the Storages object. https://support.smartbear.com/viewarticle/85046/   I understand how I can create/modify an 'Option' (using SetOption Met...
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    HKosova
    9 years ago

    The Storages object does not support renaming registry keys. You'll need to delete the old key and create a new one.

     

    A possible way is to shell out to reg.exe to copy the key recursively then delete the old key:

    // JScript / JavaScript
var oShell = Sys.OleObject("WScript.Shell");
oShell.Run("reg copy HKCU\\MyKey HKCU\\MyKey_old /s /f", 0, true);
oShell.Run("reg delete HKCU\\MyKey /f", 0, true);
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HKosova
SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
9 years ago

The Storages object does not support renaming registry keys. You'll need to delete the old key and create a new one.

 

A possible way is to shell out to reg.exe to copy the key recursively then delete the old key:

// JScript / JavaScript
var oShell = Sys.OleObject("WScript.Shell");
oShell.Run("reg copy HKCU\\MyKey HKCU\\MyKey_old /s /f", 0, true);
oShell.Run("reg delete HKCU\\MyKey /f", 0, true);
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    Yogesh_C
    New Contributor
    9 years ago

    Thank you, HKosova.