Batch file help

[frankzappa77]

I want to add the following registry keys using a batch file. I don't want the batch file to import the reg file, I want the batch file to add the keys itself.
This is the content of the reg file:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Console\%SystemRoot%_system32_cmd.exe]
"ScreenColors"=dword:0000000a
"FaceName"="Lucida Console"
"FontSize"=dword:000d0000
"FontFamily"=dword:00000036
"FontWeight"=dword:00000190

This is what I put in my batch file after reading the reg /? and reg add /? page in cmd.

reg add HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Console\%SystemRoot%_system32_cmd.exe /v ScreenColors /t REG_DWORD /d 0000000a /f
reg add HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Console\%SystemRoot%_system32_cmd.exe /v FaceName /t REG_SZ /d Lucida Console /f
reg add HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Console\%SystemRoot%_system32_cmd.exe /v FontSize /t REG_DWORD /d 000d0000 /f
reg add HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Console\%SystemRoot%_system32_cmd.exe /v FontFamily /t REG_DWORD /d 00000036 /f
reg add HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Console\%SystemRoot%_system32_cmd.exe /v FontWeight /t REG_DWORD /d 00000190 /f

But I get 4 errors and only one of them gets added successfully.

 

[Dwarf]

Hi frankzappa77,

Here is the corrected code:

reg add HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Console\%SystemRoot%_system32_cmd.exe /v ScreenColors /t REG_DWORD /d 0x0000000a /f
reg add HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Console\%SystemRoot%_system32_cmd.exe /v FaceName /t REG_SZ /d "Lucida Console" /f 
reg add HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Console\%SystemRoot%_system32_cmd.exe /v FontSize /t REG_DWORD /d 0x000d0000 /f
reg add HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Console\%SystemRoot%_system32_cmd.exe /v FontFamily /t REG_DWORD /d 0x00000036 /f
reg add HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Console\%SystemRoot%_system32_cmd.exe /v FontWeight /t REG_DWORD /d 0x00000190 /f

The code itself was basically correct, it just needed some simple amendments.
Lines 1, 3, 4, and 5: 0x added to the front of the data field to indicate that the data following was in hexadecimal (0-9, A-F) as opposed to decimal (0-9).
Line 2: "" added around the data. When the item in question includes a space, enclose the term in quotes. The term here is Lucinda Console, so it should read "Lucinda Console". If in doubt, use quotes anyway.

 

[frankzappa77]

Thanks a lot for that. So if I wanted to make the value a decimal value, I would just leave out the '0x'?

 

[Dwarf]

Hi frankzappa77,

Yes, you could do that. However, to avoid possible mistakes, convert the decimal number into hexadecimal format (use the scientific mode of the Calculator) and then use the syntax given above. For example, decimal 192 converts to hexadecimal C0, so the correct data would be 0x000000C0.