Creates a registry key name, value, and value data; it sets the same if it already exists.

Set-RegistryKey [-Key] <String> [[-Name] <String>] [[-Value] <Object>] [[-Type] {Unknown | String | ExpandString | Binary | DWord | MultiString | QWord | None}] [[-SID] <String>] [[-ContinueOnError] <Boolean>] [<CommonParameters>]

Creates a registry key name, value, and value data; it sets the same if it already exists.

-Key <String>

The registry key path.

-Name <String>

The value name.

-Value <Object>

The value data.

-Type

The type of registry value to create or set. Options: 'Binary','DWord','ExpandString','MultiString','None','QWord','String','Unknown'. Default: String.

Dword should be specified as a decimal.

-SID <String>

The security identifier (SID) for a user. Specifying this parameter will convert a HKEY_CURRENT_USER registry key to the HKEY_USERS$SID format.

Specify this parameter from the Invoke-HKCURegistrySettingsForAllUsers function to read/edit HKCU registry settings for all users on the system.

-ContinueOnError <Boolean>

Continue if an error is encountered. Default is: $true.

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable, OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

-------------------------- EXAMPLE 1 --------------------------

PS C:>Set-RegistryKey -Key $blockedAppPath -Name 'Debugger' -Value $blockedAppDebuggerValue

-------------------------- EXAMPLE 2 --------------------------

PS C:>Set-RegistryKey -Key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE' -Name 'Application' -Type 'Dword' -Value '1'

-------------------------- EXAMPLE 3 --------------------------

PS C:>Set-RegistryKey -Key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce' -Name 'Debugger' -Value $blockedAppDebuggerValue -Type String

-------------------------- EXAMPLE 4 --------------------------

PS C:>Set-RegistryKey -Key 'HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Example' -Name 'Data' -Value

(0x01,0x01,0x01,0x01,0x01,0x01,0x01,0x01,0x01,0x01,0x01,0x01,0x02,0x01,0x01,0x01,0x01,0x01,0x01,0x01,0x02,0x01,0x01,0x01,0x01,0x01,0x01,0x01,0x00,0x01,0x01,0x01,0x02,0x02,0x02) -Type 'Binary'

-------------------------- EXAMPLE 5 --------------------------

PS C:>Set-RegistryKey -Key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Example' -Value '(Default)'

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