Help with creating a reg script

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I found this script to change username in MSOffice 2010. I have a sysprep image with the wrong username. Each time a new user profile is created it assigns the wrong username. I copied it to a text file and renamed is user.reg. I cannot get the script to run. I’m getting “The specified file is not a registry script. You can only import a binary registry files from within the registry editor.”

reg add HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\Common\UserInfo /v username /t reg_sz /d %username% /f

Any help would be appreciated.

Posted 25-Mar-14 10:41am

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Updated 25-Mar-14 10:55am

Richard C Bishop

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[no name] 25-Mar-14 17:09pm

http://forums.codeguru.com/showthread.php?351113-How-to-create-a-Registry-Script

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chaau · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-25T11:46:00

reg is a Command Prompt command. When you call reg add you are supposed to call it from cmd. Therefore, the easiest solution for you is to put your code to a file with and extension of .bat or .cmd. Create an empty file with .bat or .cmd extension and copy and paste
your command there:

reg add HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\Common\UserInfo /v username /t reg_sz /d %username% /f

BTW, if you really want to use a registry editor script (files with an extension of .reg) then change the file format like this:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\Common\UserInfo]
"username"="xxxxxxxx"

By using this option you will not be able to pass Environment Variables. You will have to prepare the file content to populate the value in the .reg file