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How can I create a registry value and path leading to it in one line using PowerShell?

Creating a registry value, including the path up to it, and not erroring if the path already exists is easy using old-school reg.exe:

reg add HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\EdgeUI /f /v DisableHelpSticker /t reg_sz /d 1

That's nice and concise. The shortest way I found to do it in pure PowerShell is two lines, or three if you don't want to repeat the path:

$regPath = 'HKCU:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\EdgeUI'
New-Item $regPath -Force | Out-Null
New-ItemProperty $regPath -Name DisableHelpSticker -Value 1 -Force | Out-Null

Is there an easier way using pure PowerShell? And without adding a utility function.

Solution

  • Another way of simplifying PS registry handling is calling the .Net function SetValue() directly:

    [microsoft.win32.registry]::SetValue("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Test", "Test-String", "Testing")
[microsoft.win32.registry]::SetValue("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Test", "Test-DW", 0xff)