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Last Post 03 Nov 2007 11:19 PM by RosarioM. 4 Replies.

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RosarioM

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31 Oct 2007 04:01 AM
Why do we need to do this to use the Remote Registry object.. [Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey]:penRemoteBaseKey([Microsoft.Win32.RegistryHive]::LocalMachine,MachineName) And not something like this: new-object Microsoft.win32.RegistryKey... Similar to what we can do with system.windows.forms? I believe it has to do with the fact that PowerShell does not have a provider for this object, but how can we tell which objects do and which do not? Or am I doing something wrong? Thanks!

bsonposh

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31 Oct 2007 05:29 AM
It has nothing to do with powershell... its a .NET thing. To do an open a remote key you need use the static method OpenRemoteBaseKey. I dont know if you have the MSDN Library installed I would strongly recommend it. If you look at Microsoft.win32.RegistryKey you will notice it does not have a constructor and therefore cannot be created directly. I found this to be common. Some classes are returned from methods on other objects. In this specific case.. you must call a static method to create the object. Understand? I don't know your background, but for admins this is a little foreign (it was for me.) If this doesnt help let me know. More Info http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.win32.registrykey.aspx I also wrote this a long time ago and it needs a rewrite, but it may be helpful http://bsonposh.com/modules/wordpress/?p=10

Brandon Shell ---------------- Microsoft Powershell MVP https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Brandon Blog: http://www.bsonposh.com

RosarioM

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03 Nov 2007 03:55 PM
Looking at the MSDN info, how do I tell that this particular class does not have a constructor?

bsonposh

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03 Nov 2007 04:55 PM
Look at members... you will notice it does not have a contructor. Here is an Example http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.directoryservices.directoryentry_members.aspx

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RosarioM

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03 Nov 2007 11:19 PM
Oh yeah, I see.. thanks for the info!

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