New-RegKey.ps1
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function New-RegKey { <# .SYNOPSIS Creates a new registry key on local or remote machines. .DESCRIPTION Use New-RegKey to create a new registry key on local or remote machines. .PARAMETER ComputerName An array of computer names. The default is the local computer. .PARAMETER Hive The HKEY to open, from the RegistryHive enumeration. The default is 'LocalMachine'. Possible values: - ClassesRoot - CurrentUser - LocalMachine - Users - PerformanceData - CurrentConfig - DynData .PARAMETER Key The path of the registry key. .PARAMETER Name The name of the new key to create. .PARAMETER Ping Use ping to test if the machine is available before connecting to it. If the machine is not responding to the test a warning message is output. .PARAMETER PassThru Passes the newly custom object to the pipeline. By default, this function does not generate any output. .EXAMPLE $Key = "SOFTWARE\MyCompany" New-RegKey -ComputerName SERVER1,SERVER2 -Key $Key -Name NewSubKey -PassThru ComputerName Hive Key SubKeyCount ValueCount ------------ ---- --- ----------- ---------- SERVER1 LocalMachine SOFTWARE\MyCompany\New... 0 0 SERVER2 LocalMachine SOFTWARE\MyCompany\New... 0 0 Description ----------- The command creates new regitry key on two remote computers. When PassThru is present the command returns the registry key custom object. .EXAMPLE Get-Content servers.txt | New-RegKey -Key $Key -Name NewSubKey -PassThru | Set-RegString -Value TestValue -Data TestData -Force -PassThru ComputerName Hive Key Value Data Type ------------ ---- --- ----- ---- ---- SERVER1 LocalMachine SOFTWARE\MyCompan... TestValue TestData String SERVER2 LocalMachine SOFTWARE\MyCompan... TestValue TestData String SERVER3 LocalMachine SOFTWARE\MyCompan... TestValue TestData String Description ----------- The command uses the Get-Content cmdlet to get the server names from a text file. The names are piped into New-RegKey which creates the key in the remote computers. The result of New-RegKey is piped into Set-RegString which creates a new String value under the new key and sets its data. .OUTPUTS PSFanatic.Registry.RegistryKey (PSCustomObject) .NOTES Author: Shay Levy Blog : http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/ScriptFanatic/ .LINK http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/PSRemoteRegistry .LINK Get-RegKey Remove-RegKey Test-RegKey #> [OutputType('PSFanatic.Registry.RegistryKey')] [CmdletBinding(DefaultParameterSetName="__AllParameterSets")] param( [Parameter( Position=0, ValueFromPipeline=$true, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true, HelpMessage="An array of computer names. The default is the local computer." )] [Alias("CN","__SERVER","IPAddress")] [string[]]$ComputerName="", [Parameter( Position=1, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true, HelpMessage="The HKEY to open, from the RegistryHive enumeration. The default is 'LocalMachine'." )] [ValidateSet("ClassesRoot","CurrentUser","LocalMachine","Users","PerformanceData","CurrentConfig","DynData")] [string]$Hive="LocalMachine", [Parameter( Mandatory=$true, Position=2, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true, HelpMessage="The path of the subkey to open." )] [string]$Key, [Parameter(Mandatory=$true,Position=3,ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true)] [string]$Name, [switch]$Ping, [switch]$PassThru ) process { Write-Verbose "Enter process block..." foreach($c in $ComputerName) { try { if($c -eq "") { $c=$env:COMPUTERNAME Write-Verbose "Parameter [ComputerName] is not present, setting its value to local computer name: [$c]." } if($Ping) { Write-Verbose "Parameter [Ping] is present, initiating Ping test" if( !(Test-Connection -ComputerName $c -Count 1 -Quiet)) { Write-Warning "[$c] doesn't respond to ping." return } } Write-Verbose "Starting remote registry connection against: [$c]." Write-Verbose "Registry Hive is: [$Hive]." $reg = [Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey]::OpenRemoteBaseKey([Microsoft.Win32.RegistryHive]$Hive,$c) Write-Verbose "Open remote subkey: [$Key] with write access." $subKey = $reg.OpenSubKey($Key,$true) if(!$subKey) { Throw "Key '$Key' doesn't exist." } Write-Verbose "Creating new Key." $new = $subKey.CreateSubKey($Name) if($PassThru) { Write-Verbose "Parameter [PassThru] is present, creating PSFanatic registry custom objects." Write-Verbose "Create PSFanatic registry key custom object." $pso = New-Object PSObject -Property @{ ComputerName=$c Hive=$Hive Key="$Key\$Name" Name=$Name SubKeyCount=$new.SubKeyCount ValueCount=$new.ValueCount } Write-Verbose "Adding format type name to custom object." $pso.PSTypeNames.Clear() $pso.PSTypeNames.Add('PSFanatic.Registry.RegistryKey') $pso } Write-Verbose "Closing remote registry connection on: [$c]." $subKey.close() } catch { Write-Error $_ } } Write-Verbose "Exit process block..." } } |