Steffen Prohaska <prohaska@xxxxxx> writes: > On Aug 15, 2007, at 7:30 AM, David Kastrup wrote: > >> Steffen Prohaska <prohaska@xxxxxx> writes: >> >>> Author: Johannes Schmidt-Ehrenberg <schmidt-ehrenberg@xxxxxx> >>> Date: Mon Aug 13 19:00:39 2007 +0200 >>> >>> mergetool: fixed parsing of registry entry for kdiff3 >>> >>> The old code failed on Windows Vista. The output of >>> reg.exe or something else may be a bit different. >>> This patch improves the parsing code to be more robust. >> >> I seem to remember that you can't rely on reg.exe being available on >> Windows. The Microsoft support pages talk about using regedit.exe >> instead (which is quite more cumbersome). > > I successfully ran it on at least Windows XP and Vista. On Vista, > it was present on a quite fresh system (Visual Studio not yet > installed). So I'm quite confident that it's likely to be there. > > Do you have a reference? I searched msdn and was not able to > immediately find the recommendation you're referring to. <http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/Windows2000serv/support/FAQW2KCP.mspx> Q. What other tools are available for using the registry in batch? A. If you install the Support Tools from the Windows 2000 CD-ROM, you can use REG.EXE to Add, Delete, Copy, Compare, Export, Import, Load a Hive, Query, Save, Restore, and Unload a Hive. To install the Support Tools: 1. Insert the Windows 2000 CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive. 2. Click Browse this CD, and then open the Support\Tools folder. 3. Double-click Setup.exe, and follow the on-screen instructions. That does not sound like one could rely on its presence out of the box, at least on Windows 2000. -- David Kastrup - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
