ReReading Windows registry

I am trying to write a script to add a few items like: "Connect to" to the
Start Menu. This seems pretty easy by changing values in the registry and
setting
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"Start_ShowNetConn"=dword:00000001

works to turn "Connect To" on after the next reboot.

Is there a command to force Windows to re-look at the registry after setting
this value, so that the change becomes effective without having to reboot the
computer.

No

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"dak" <dak@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2A9163A2-8D88-4217-B35E-D08460F84EC1@microsoft.com...
>I am trying to write a script to add a few items like: "Connect to" to the
> Start Menu. This seems pretty easy by changing values in the registry and
> setting
> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
> "Start_ShowNetConn"=dword:00000001
>
> works to turn "Connect To" on after the next reboot.
>
> Is there a command to force Windows to re-look at the registry after setting
> this value, so that the change becomes effective without having to reboot the
> computer.

"dak" <dak@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:2A9163A2-8D88-4217-B35E-D08460F84EC1@microsoft.com...
> I am trying to write a script to add a few items like: "Connect to" to the
> Start Menu. This seems pretty easy by changing values in the registry and
> setting
> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
> "Start_ShowNetConn"=dword:00000001
>
> works to turn "Connect To" on after the next reboot.
>
> Is there a command to force Windows to re-look at the registry after setting
> this value, so that the change becomes effective without having to reboot the
> computer.

One way would be to close and then restart Explorer.

taskkill /F /IM “explorer.exe�
explorer

Thanks.

That will work. But Microsoft must be doing something else. If I go thru the
GUI and customize the Start Menu, when I click OK it is automactically
updated.

"Dave-UK" wrote:

>
> "dak" <dak@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:2A9163A2-8D88-4217-B35E-D08460F84EC1@microsoft.com...
> > I am trying to write a script to add a few items like: "Connect to" to the
> > Start Menu. This seems pretty easy by changing values in the registry and
> > setting
> > [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
> > "Start_ShowNetConn"=dword:00000001
> >
> > works to turn "Connect To" on after the next reboot.
> >
> > Is there a command to force Windows to re-look at the registry after setting
> > this value, so that the change becomes effective without having to reboot the
> > computer.
>
> One way would be to close and then restart Explorer.
>
> taskkill /F /IM “explorer.exe�
> explorer
>
>
>
>
>

"dak" <dak@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:EE337655-0F31-4B33-8580-C36D998D991F@microsoft.com...
> Thanks.
>
> That will work. But Microsoft must be doing something else. If I go thru the
> GUI and customize the Start Menu, when I click OK it is automactically
> updated.
>


How about using the F5 (refresh) key's function?

"dak" <dak@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2A9163A2-8D88-4217-B35E-D08460F84EC1@microsoft.com...
>I am trying to write a script to add a few items like: "Connect to" to the
> Start Menu. This seems pretty easy by changing values in the registry and
> setting
> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
> "Start_ShowNetConn"=dword:00000001
>
> works to turn "Connect To" on after the next reboot.
>
> Is there a command to force Windows to re-look at the registry after
> setting
> this value, so that the change becomes effective without having to reboot
> the
> computer.


Sometimes, if you can locate a suitable api function to use - which I
confess I don't know in this case - a refresh is built into the actual
command.

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Jon