Changing Registry with .REG file

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I am trying to change the registry with a REG file.
Only parts of it change - other parts won't change

this is the reg file
============================================================================
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Symantec\ACT!\Layout]
"CurrentContactLayout"="d:\\My Documents\\ACT!
6\\Layout\\Combined.cly"
"PreviousContactLayout"="d:\\My Documents\\ACT!
6\\Layout\\Combined.cly"
"PreviousGroupLayout"="d:\\My Documents\\ACT! 6\\Layout\\Combined.gly"
"ToolPaletteVisible"=dword:00000001
"ContactDesignView"=hex:11,00,00,00,a2,00,00,00
"CurrentGroupLayout"="d:\\My Documents\\ACT! 6\\Layout\\Combined.gly"
"GroupDesignView"=hex:df,00,00,00,e1,00,00,00


[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Symantec\ACT!]
"Synchronize File Type"="D:\\APPLICATIONS\\ACT! 6\\Sync"\\Comb"
============================================================================

the LAST part won't change. I can change it manually or cause the
program to change it, but running the reg file won't change it.

I am trying to change the "Comb" NAME only to "Amer" and back. That
represents a folder.
In the top part I am changing the filenames and it works fine.

What have I missed ????????????

thanks

 

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<see.cher@your.place> wrote in message
news:t8nqi1dde9bt1659ite5ceu5onirpeba7p@4ax.com...
> I am trying to change the registry with a REG file.
> Only parts of it change - other parts won't change
>
> this is the reg file
>
============================================================================
> Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
>
> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Symantec\ACT!\Layout]
> "CurrentContactLayout"="d:\\My Documents\\ACT!
> 6\\Layout\\Combined.cly"
> "PreviousContactLayout"="d:\\My Documents\\ACT!
> 6\\Layout\\Combined.cly"
> "PreviousGroupLayout"="d:\\My Documents\\ACT! 6\\Layout\\Combined.gly"
> "ToolPaletteVisible"=dword:00000001
> "ContactDesignView"=hex:11,00,00,00,a2,00,00,00
> "CurrentGroupLayout"="d:\\My Documents\\ACT! 6\\Layout\\Combined.gly"
> "GroupDesignView"=hex:df,00,00,00,e1,00,00,00
>
>
> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Symantec\ACT!]
> "Synchronize File Type"="D:\\APPLICATIONS\\ACT! 6\\Sync"\\Comb"
>
============================================================================
>
> the LAST part won't change. I can change it manually or cause the
> program to change it, but running the reg file won't change it.
>
> I am trying to change the "Comb" NAME only to "Amer" and back. That
> represents a folder.
> In the top part I am changing the filenames and it works fine.
>
> What have I missed ????????????
>
> thanks

Check your double quotes in the last line!

 

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THANKS-- I could have looked at that for another millenium and not
seen the obvious.

On Sun, 18 Sep 2005 23:44:24 +1000, "Pegasus \(MVP\)" <I.can@fly.com>
wrote:

>
><see.cher@your.place> wrote in message
>news:t8nqi1dde9bt1659ite5ceu5onirpeba7p@4ax.com...
>> I am trying to change the registry with a REG file.
>> Only parts of it change - other parts won't change
>>
>> this is the reg file
>>
>============================================================================
>> Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
>>
>> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Symantec\ACT!\Layout]
>> "CurrentContactLayout"="d:\\My Documents\\ACT!
>> 6\\Layout\\Combined.cly"
>> "PreviousContactLayout"="d:\\My Documents\\ACT!
>> 6\\Layout\\Combined.cly"
>> "PreviousGroupLayout"="d:\\My Documents\\ACT! 6\\Layout\\Combined.gly"
>> "ToolPaletteVisible"=dword:00000001
>> "ContactDesignView"=hex:11,00,00,00,a2,00,00,00
>> "CurrentGroupLayout"="d:\\My Documents\\ACT! 6\\Layout\\Combined.gly"
>> "GroupDesignView"=hex:df,00,00,00,e1,00,00,00
>>
>>
>> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Symantec\ACT!]
>> "Synchronize File Type"="D:\\APPLICATIONS\\ACT! 6\\Sync"\\Comb"
>>
>============================================================================
>>
>> the LAST part won't change. I can change it manually or cause the
>> program to change it, but running the reg file won't change it.
>>
>> I am trying to change the "Comb" NAME only to "Amer" and back. That
>> represents a folder.
>> In the top part I am changing the filenames and it works fine.
>>
>> What have I missed ????????????
>>
>> thanks
>
>Check your double quotes in the last line!
>