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Schulzi
Sep 07, 2020Brass Contributor
Powershell Scripts
Hello, i have a little question using/creating scripts in Powershell. In my Company we use RegEdit.exe a lot, so we want to automate some things, that's where the Problem starts... We want to...
- Sep 07, 2020
Hello Schulzi,
I am not aware of a cmdlet, but it’s quit easy to create the string you need by using string formatting. Take a look at this code:
$SID = (New-Object System.Security.Principal.NTAccount($env:Username)).Translate([System.Security.Principal.SecurityIdentifier]).Value $RegPath = '"HKEY_USERS"{0}_Classes-CLSID-018D5C66-4533-4307-9B53-224DE2ED1FE6"' -f $SIDMore info is here:
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/scripting/understanding-powershell-and-basic-string-formatting/
Good luck!
Manfred de Laat
Manfred101
Sep 07, 2020Iron Contributor
Hello Schulzi,
I am not aware of a cmdlet, but it’s quit easy to create the string you need by using string formatting. Take a look at this code:
$SID = (New-Object System.Security.Principal.NTAccount($env:Username)).Translate([System.Security.Principal.SecurityIdentifier]).Value
$RegPath = '"HKEY_USERS"{0}_Classes-CLSID-018D5C66-4533-4307-9B53-224DE2ED1FE6"' -f $SIDMore info is here:
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/scripting/understanding-powershell-and-basic-string-formatting/
Good luck!
Manfred de Laat
- SchulziSep 07, 2020Brass ContributorHello Manfred,
Thanks for the Quick Help, really helped me do my work.
Greetings
Yannik Schulz