Problem in adding string value to registry with .reg file

Question

I'm on win2k3 machine. I wrote a .reg file as below:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\KalleService\Parameters]
"Application"="C:\Projects\KalleService\Bin\KalleService.exe"

When double click the .reg file/say merge, it says registry modified successfully. But it has just created the Parameters key and has not created Application string value.

What could be the problem?

Solution

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\KalleService\Parameters]
"Application"="C:\\Projects\\KalleService\\Bin\\KalleService.exe"

try double slashes(\\) instead of single slash (\) in the string value.

Comments

[Morin]

Thanx. Meanwhile, I too discoverd the same thing.

[JinSnow]

@Sarfraz @="C:\\Users\\.....test.ps1" "%1" does not work (data field is empty), any idea why?