registry tweaking program

[Alex Martelli]

<kevrjohn at my-deja.com> wrote in message news:9250ek$ueo$1 at nnrp1.deja.com...
>    I would like to write a program that will automatically modify
> certain parts of the registry in win98.  I have never programed before
> (but I am trying to learn) and I thought that this would be a
> good "real app" for me because I modify the registry a lot, and I would
> like to see if I could automate the process to save some time.  I
> really only want it to go and do a few preprogrammed things.  Nothing
> spectacular like regedit.exe.  So how do you get a python script to
> access and/or modify the registry?  I have looked around and I haven't
> found any HOW-TO on the subject.

The _winreg module, 20.2 in Python 2's Library Reference, or e.g.:
http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/module--winreg.html
may be what you're looking for -- somewhat low-level, but OK.


Alex