programmatically merge .reg file into win32 registry

Question

What\'s the best way to programmatically merge a .reg file into the registry? This is for unit testing; the .reg file is a test artifact which will be added then removed at

Answer 1

If you're shelling out, I'd use the reg command (details below). If you can tell us what language you're working with, we could provide language specific code.

C:>reg /?

REG Operation [Parameter List]

Operation [ QUERY | ADD | DELETE | COPY | SAVE | LOAD | UNLOAD | RESTORE | COMPARE | EXPORT | IMPORT | FLAGS ]

Return Code: (Except for REG COMPARE)

0 - Successful 1 - Failed

For help on a specific operation type:

REG ADD /? REG DELETE /? [snipped]