How do I set and get a registry value from a variable?

[Mastiff]

I tried to google on the site, but I couldn't find the answer to this. I need to know the right python code to set and get registry values (I want to use the registry to keep values that are consistent after a reboot and can be shared between Girder and EG). I'm sure it's pretty simple once you know it, I just couldn't find it in the documentation or on the site.

[Pako]

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Pako

[Mastiff]

Thanks for answering! It's not that. It's that I need something that I can put in an "if then" script with tons of variables. I would have to create a gazillion single actions to do all that I want to do with thes.

[kkl]

I would think you could use the built-in command as Pako suggests, then right-click on the action created and select "Copy as Python". That will give you the syntax which you can use in a python script and substitute variables.

[Pako]

I would think you could use the built-in command as Pako suggests, then right-click on the action created and select "Copy as Python". That will give you the syntax which you can use in a python script and substitute variables.

That's what I had in mind.

Pako

[Mastiff]

Wow, thanks! I had no idea that was possible! This is the code I get:

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eg.plugins.System.RegistryChange(2147483649L, u'Software\\Automatisering\\Styring av ovner\\Hjornesoverom', u'Aktivert', 0, None, u'0')

Is it possible to convert the number that ends with an L to what it actually should be, which is HKEY_CURRENT_USER? This did not work:

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eg.plugins.System.RegistryChange(u'HKEY_CURRENT_USER', u'Software\\Automatisering\\Styring av ovner\\Hjornesoverom', u'Aktivert', 0, None, u'0')

[jonib]

Is it possible to convert the number that ends with an L to what it actually should be, which is HKEY_CURRENT_USER? This did not work:

Why do you want/need to do this?

I guess you could do like this:

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HKEY_CURRENT_USER = 2147483649L

And then use HKEY_CURRENT_USER instead of the number.

jonib

[Mastiff]

Right, of course! I could do that as a variable in a startup action! Thanks! The reason I want to do that is that I will have a whole lot of these things in my scripts, and I want to be able to see what part of the registry they are saved to.