Button help :-(

[Indig0R0se]

Hi guys

I'm very new to all this so take it easy on me if i sound stupid....lol


I'm trying to make a few buttons to alter a few things in windows.

I've managed to make some buttons to change the registry ...etc but now I'm a bit stuck.


What I'm trying to do now is make a button that when pressed it will disable "file and printer sharing" as shown here:






And then another button to enable it again.



What would be the best way of me doing this or is it even possible with autoplay media studio?


Thanks

[jassing]

export your registry before and after and compare the results.... that's how you'd find exactly what it changed. (or you could use something like regmon)

but if you really want to do it thru the gui -- have a look at autoitscript (Warning there is a plugin available, but it doesn't work on win7 or x64)

[Indig0R0se]

export your registry before and after and compare the results.... that's how you'd find exactly what it changed. (or you could use something like regmon)

but if you really want to do it thru the gui -- have a look at autoitscript (Warning there is a plugin available, but it doesn't work on win7 or x64)

Sorry for the delay in getting back to you.


with all the messing around with reg file you would think i would have thought of that.

regmon isn't available anymore but i already had this software called registry workshop and that not only let me compare the reg files but it also let me save the the differences as a reg file .



Thanks for your help


There is one more thing i could do with a bit of help with (actually two things) .


Is there a way to make autoplay media make a complete reg backup as soon as my software is lunched?

The only options i have within autoplay are things like set value or create key...etc but nothing about backing them up



Thanks again

[reteset]

Is there a way to make autoplay media make a complete reg backup as soon as my software is lunched?

Yes , there is a way

result = File.Run("regedit.exe", "/e c:\\MyRegistryBackUp.reg", "", -1, true);

[Indig0R0se]

Yes , there is a way

result = File.Run("regedit.exe", "/e c:\\MyRegistryBackUp.reg", "", -1, true);

Thanks ill give it a go

can you let me know where the created reg file backup will be stored?

Also when my software is re opened and another reg file is created ,will it just over right the first one?

Thanks again

[madsen]

In regards to RegMon, one of the great tools out there, it was integrated into ProcessMonitor together with FileMonitor (from the same sysinternals suite). Works wonders.

Have it your way here

As for what you are trying to achieve is also possible through some win APIs, but since you mention you're a beginner, that sounds like it's out of your league at this time. I somehow doubt that it would work through registry.

[Indig0R0se]

In regards to RegMon, one of the great tools out there, it was integrated into ProcessMonitor together with FileMonitor (from the same sysinternals suite). Works wonders.

Have it your way here

As for what you are trying to achieve is also possible through some win APIs, but since you mention you're a beginner, that sounds like it's out of your league at this time. I somehow doubt that it would work through registry.

Hi

Like i said I've managed to create the button to disable/enable the file and printer sharing using jessing's idea of comparing the reg files with it on and off.


What I'm trying to do now is make a complete reg backup when my software is launched.


I'm going to try reteset's code but i need to know where the backed up reg file will be created (from the looks of it it will be in C: ).

I also need to know if the backed up reg file will be over written every time my no software is launched



Thanks for the reply

[Dermot]

Hi

Like i said I've managed to create the button to disable/enable the file and printer sharing using jessing's idea of comparing the reg files with it on and off.


What I'm trying to do now is make a complete reg backup when my software is launched.


I'm going to try reteset's code but i need to know where the backed up reg file will be created (from the looks of it it will be in C: ).


I also need to know if the backed up reg file will be over written every time my no software is launched



Thanks for the reply

It is very clear from his code that it is backed up to c:\\MyRegistryBackUp.reg That is just an example, you can save it where ever you want and with what ever name you want. Not sure about the overwriting, why don't you try it and see what happens.

[reteset]

why not try and see

yes it overrides

result = File.Run("regedit.exe", "/e c:\\MyRegistryBackUp.reg", "", -1, true);

where c:\\MyRegistryBackUp.reg means your backup file
so you can set its path to where you want to create that file