[python-win32] Walking the registry and creating reg files

[Dahlstrom, Roger]

OK - so if I'm correct in understanding this, let's say hypothetically, I have something like so...

HKLM...
        something
                something else
                something else
                something else

If I were to use my operation, and export the entire tree, I would get a copy of the above, but then if someone modified it such that there were four "something else"s, and I merged my copy back in, the end result would be the same four "something else"s, while with your method, I would end up with the original three?  Is that right?



-----Original Message-----
From: python-win32-bounces+rdahlstrom=directedge.com at python.org [mailto:python-win32-bounces+rdahlstrom=directedge.com at python.org] On Behalf Of Tim Roberts
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 5:30 PM
To: Python-Win32 List
Subject: Re: [python-win32] Walking the registry and creating reg files

Dahlstrom, Roger wrote:
> I think my mistake was assuming that reading the values was going to be sufficient.  For all the purposes I've used, it was.  For my edification, what's the functional difference?  I mean, what I was doing was able to walk the registry, extract information, save it for later, modify it, then re-insert it in to the registry.  What's different with saving and restoring, or is it just the neater API?
>

RegSaveKey and RegRestoreKey use a binary format.  It's a direct copy of
the database nodes from the registry file itself.  RegRestoreKey doesn't
merge the new information with the existing information, like the text
APIs do.  Instead, it completely replaces the entire tree being
restored.  It's really a backup operation.  Thus, these are considered
more dangerous APIs, and that's why these need special privileges.

At least, that's my story, and I'm sticking to it.

--
Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

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