The code below shows how to read from/write to the Windows Registry. In this example all the tasks are listed which are executed at logon. A new task (opening the explorer) is added to ths logon.
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print r"*** Reading from SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run ***"
aReg = ConnectRegistry(None,HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE)
aKey = OpenKey(aReg, r"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run")
for i in range(1024):
try:
n,v,t = EnumValue(aKey,i)
print i, n, v, t
except EnvironmentError:
print "You have",i," tasks starting at logon..."
break
CloseKey(aKey)
print r"*** Writing to SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run ***"
aKey = OpenKey(aReg, r"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run", 0, KEY_WRITE)
try:
SetValueEx(aKey,"MyNewKey",0, REG_SZ, r"c:\winnt\explorer.exe")
except EnvironmentError:
print "Encountered problems writing into the Registry..."
CloseKey(aKey)
CloseKey(aReg)
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For more information on the Windows Registry see - Python Library Reference: 20.2 _winreg - Windows registry access - http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,289893,sid9_gci212883,00.html
Backslashes. I think that all of the strings in this example that contain backslashes should be raw strings (such as r"This is an example of a \ backslash")
instead of using random range value, call
_winreg.QueryInfoKey(key)to retrieve the exact number of values or subkeys.https://docs.python.org/2/library/_winreg.html#_winreg.QueryInfoKey