Change Registry Value

[armoz]

Hello, I wish to change Installation date through a AHK program, here is the line of code that doesn't seem to work..

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RegWrite, REG_DWORD, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Windows NT\CurrentVersion, InstallDate, 1588768950

Key Name - HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion


Also, the value I want to input is decimal (not hexadecimal) which will be generated randomly..

It would be great if you can help me to generate a random string that starts with 1, followed by 9 random digits (Best if lower than 1601022188 ie- current unix timestamp, although not necessary)

"1"+ 9 random digits.
Eg: 1569878569

Thank you!!!!

[gregster]

Perhaps a permissions issue. What does ErrorLevel and A_LastError say, after using RegWrite?

To create random numbers, you can use Random - although I don't understand why an installation date would be generated randomly

[armoz]

I think the code is somewhat wrong, can u confirm if regedit code is right?

Ps - Its just for a video game

[gregster]

Looks like RegWrite's deprecated syntax, but should still work, I guess, if you have the permissions to write it (you might have to run the script as admin).

But again, what does msgbox % ErrorLevel " : " A_LastError say ? That should tell you, if there was a problem (and even give a hint which one).

[armoz]

Last error box says -

1 : 5

What does that mean?

[gregster]

Last error box says -

1 : 5

What does that mean?

Translation: An error occurred : ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED
Probably lacking permissions to write the key. Try to run your script as admin.

[armoz]

I ran as admin, the error code is 0:0

But the date value is unchanged in regedit

Thank you for all your help

[Jim Dunn]

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RegWrite, REG_DWORD, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Windows NT\CurrentVersion, InstallDate, 1588768950

Key Name - HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion

The registry path in your code is wrong (although you do quote the correct one right beneath it)

That value lives at SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion , not at SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Windows NT\CurrentVersion
At the moment you are just writing a new value, in the wrong key, which nothing will ever look at.

Although I don't honestly recommend anyone here tests that, because messing with registry keys/values like that could have unintended consequences.

[armoz]

Got it yesterday, thanks for replying tho !