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| 18 May 2010 | #1 |
| | How to programmatically change COM port FriendlyName I have an installation script that changes the COM port numbers based on certain hardware that is installed. In Windows 2000, I use regini.exe to import the listing of registry entries below. The reason for this was to allow the permissions on the FriendlyName value to be changed. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\ACPI\PNP0501\1 Device Parameters PortName = COM5 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Ports COM5: = "9600,n,8,1" HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Ports COM1: = Delete HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\ACPI\PNP0501\1 [7] HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\ACPI\PNP0501\1 FriendlyName = Communications Port (COM5) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\ACPI\PNP0501\1 [8 17] I tried this same process in Windows 7 and everything works except for changing the FriendlyName value. The only way I've been able to change this value is to manually (in regedit) "take ownership" of the "1" key and then change the permissions to Full Control. However, I need to do this in a script to make it transparent to the user. Any help would be greatly appreciated, Rich |
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| 18 May 2010 | #2 |
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Quote: Originally Posted by quantum1976  I have an installation script that changes the COM port numbers based on certain hardware that is installed. In Windows 2000, I use regini.exe to import the listing of registry entries below. The reason for this was to allow the permissions on the FriendlyName value to be changed. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\ACPI\PNP0501\1 Device Parameters PortName = COM5 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Ports COM5: = "9600,n,8,1" HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Ports COM1: = Delete HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\ACPI\PNP0501\1 [7] HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\ACPI\PNP0501\1 FriendlyName = Communications Port (COM5) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\ACPI\PNP0501\1 [8 17] I tried this same process in Windows 7 and everything works except for changing the FriendlyName value. The only way I've been able to change this value is to manually (in regedit) "take ownership" of the "1" key and then change the permissions to Full Control. However, I need to do this in a script to make it transparent to the user. Any help would be greatly appreciated, Rich For your first forum message on SF this is really heavy man...  Seems like you like scripting. Have fun.  |
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| 19 May 2010 | #3 |
| | Yes, I've been doing this for years with Win 2K and XP. Fortunately I've been able to muddle throught it. But this one has me beat. I know that Win 7 has the TakeOwn.exe utility for files, is there something similar for the registry? Thanks again for any help, Rich |
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| 29 Nov 2011 | #4 |
| | Try icacls.exe |
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