From: pausch AT saafNOSPAM DOT se (Paul Schlyter)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp,comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject: Re: Detecting Windows and Windows directory from DOS
Date: 17 Mar 2000 19:35:13 +0100
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In article <38D24AAE DOT 9CDA50F AT americasm01 DOT nt DOT com>,
Campbell, Rolf [SKY:1U32:EXCH] <moscoop AT americasm01 DOT nt DOT com> wrote:
 
> Ben Davis wrote:
> 
>> All right. How do I read the Windows registry from a DOS program (if it's
>> possible)?
>> What part of the registry should I read?
> 
> I don't believe this is available to DOS programs.
 
Actually, thre is a plain DOS version of REGEDIT (it may even be in the
same .EXE) which converts the registry to and from ASCII text files.
Then it's not particularly difficult to read and fiddle with the
ASCII verison of the registry -- but it will be slow.
 
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