Invoke-HKCURegistrySettingsForAllUsers question

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1

Hi,

I would like to insert variables and replacing one before calling Invoke-HKCURegistrySettingsForAllUsers

<code>[scriptblock]$HKCURegistrySettings = {
		Set-RegistryKey -Key 'HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common' -Name 'qmenable' -Value 0 -Type DWord -SID $UserProfile.SID
		Set-RegistryKey -Key 'HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common' -Name 'updatereliabilitydata' -Value 1 -Type DWord -SID $UserProfile.SID
        Set-RegistryKey -Key &amp;amp;amp;amp;#039;HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current\version\RunOnce&amp;amp;amp;amp;#039; -Name &amp;amp;amp;amp;#039;<strong>$Aname</strong>&amp;amp;amp;amp;#039; -Value 1 -Type DWord -SID $UserProfile.SID
	}&amp;amp;amp;lt;/code&amp;amp;amp;gt;

So wih $HKCURegistrySettings, I will get
Set-RegistryKey -Key ‘HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common’ -Name ‘qmenable’ -Value 0 -Type DWord -SID $UserProfile.SID
Set-RegistryKey -Key ‘HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common’ -Name ‘updatereliabilitydata’ -Value 1 -Type DWord -SID $UserProfile.SID
Set-RegistryKey -Key ‘HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current\version\RunOnce’ -Name ‘$Aname’ -Value 1 -Type DWord -SID $UserProfile.SID

This is correct.

But if I make
$Aname=“packageone”

Then
$HKCURegistrySettings

Will equal (and this is wrong for my needs):

    Set-RegistryKey -Key 'HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common' -Name 'qmenable' -Value 0 -Type DWord -SID $UserProfile.SID
	Set-RegistryKey -Key 'HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common' -Name 'updatereliabilitydata' -Value 1 -Type DWord -SID $UserProfile.SID
    Set-RegistryKey -Key 'HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current\version\RunOnce' -Name '$Aname' -Value 1 -Type DWord -SID $UserProfile.SID

I know, this is because scriptblock is an object.

So I made this and it might work:
$y=“blabla”
$x=“Set-RegistryKey -Key ‘HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce’ -Name $y”+’ -Value 0 -Type String -SID $UserProfile.SID’
$x
[ScriptBlock]$HKCURegistrySettings = [ScriptBlock]::Create($x)
$HKCURegistrySettings

Then I will get:
Set-RegistryKey -Key ‘HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce’ -Name blabla -Value 0 -Type String -SID $UserProfile.SID

But this is only on a single line. What if I need more than a registry line?

So my question is:

How creating a multiline scriptblock and being able to use it with

Invoke-HKCURegistrySettingsForAllUsers -RegistrySettings $HKCURegistrySettings

?

THanks,

2

Sorry I’m having a hard time understanding your question. The script block can contain as many registry entries as you want. I would use double quotes around any variables.

3

Hi,
I will take another approach :slight_smile: Hard to post code here.
With the PSADT function Invoke-HKCURegistrySettingsForAllUsers, you have to call the function this way.

<code>	[scriptblock]$HKCURegistrySettings = {
		Set-RegistryKey -Key &#039;HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common&#039; -Name &#039;qmenable&#039; -Value 0 -Type DWord -SID $UserProfile.SID
		Set-RegistryKey -Key &#039;HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common&#039; -Name &#039;updatereliabilitydata&#039; -Value 1 -Type DWord -SID $UserProfile.SID
	}
	Invoke-HKCURegistrySettingsForAllUsers -RegistrySettings $HKCURegistrySettings</code>

But the -Name part might be a variable.
In a scriptblock like this, I believe there is no way tu put a variable.

Is it possible to use a here-string and convert it to a scriptvlock to get the correct value? In my first post, I found a way to make it from a string and then create a scriptblock but it is a single registry key…

4

I made that code to illustrate my subject.

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<code>[scriptblock]$HKCURegistrySettings = {
		Set-RegistryKey -Key &#039;HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common&#039; -Name &#039;qmenable&#039; -Value 0 -Type DWord -SID $UserProfile.SID
		Set-RegistryKey -Key &#039;HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common&#039; -Name &#039;updatereliabilitydata&#039; -Value 1 -Type DWord -SID $UserProfile.SID
        Set-RegistryKey -Key &#039;HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce&#039; -Name &#039;blabla&#039; -Value 1 -Type DWord -SID $UserProfile.SID
	}
	
$HKCURegistrySettings

$HKCURegistrySettings2 = {
@&amp;amp;amp;quot;

        set-RegistryKey -Key &#039;HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common&#039; -Name &#039;qmenable&#039; -Value 0 -Type DWord -SID $UserProfile.SID
		Set-RegistryKey -Key &#039;HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common&#039; -Name &#039;updatereliabilitydata&#039; -Value 1 -Type DWord -SID $UserProfile.SID
        Set-RegistryKey -Key &#039;HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce&#039; -Name &amp;amp;amp;lt;code&amp;amp;amp;gt;&#039;$test&amp;amp;amp;lt;/code&amp;amp;amp;gt;&#039; -Value 1 -Type DWord -SID $UserProfile.SID
&amp;amp;amp;quot;@
}
$test=&amp;amp;amp;quot;blabla&amp;amp;amp;quot;
$test3=&amp;amp;amp;amp;$HKCURegistrySettings2
$test3

[ScriptBlock]$HKCURegistrySettings3 = [ScriptBlock]::Create($test3)

$HKCURegistrySettings -eq $HKCURegistrySettings3</code>

But I am losing the $UserProfile…

Thanks,

5

Hi,

An even easier way to see it:

$MakeHereString = {
@"

Variables 1-3 are:
Variable 1 = $variable1
Variable 2 = $variable2
Variable 3 = $variable3
"@
}
$MakeHereString
#$Variable2 = “Second”
#$Variable3 = “Third”

&$MakeHereString

So by running it you will get:

Variables 1-3 are:
Variable 1 =
Variable 2 = Second
Variable 3 = Third

But what I would like to have is:

Variables 1-3 are:
Variable 1 = $variable1
Variable 2 = Second
Variable 3 = Third

So my guess would be to create a scriptblock, replace what I want to replace and then make other variables appearing as a variable.

Thanks,