Set-UserRegistryValue

Description

Set specific registry values for all users.

Requirements

Just the parameters required by the script.

Usage

1. Find all user profiles' usernames, SIDs, and locations of ntuser.dat files.
2. Query against the hive for SIDs.
3. Loop through the hive, loading the hive and setting the registry value at the path specified for the key specified if it exists.
4. If it does not exist, create the registry value if -Force is specified.
5. If not excluded, load the default user hive and set the registry value at the path specified for the key specified if it exists.
6. If it does not exist, create the registry value if -Force is specified.
7. Write the status to the appropriate logs.

.\Set-UserRegistryValue.ps1 -Path "Somepath\somemorepath\etc" -KeyName "SomeKey" -Value "someValue" -PropertyType [selection] -ExcludeDefault -Force

Parameters

Parameter	Alias	Required	Default	Type	Description
Path		True		String	Holds the path following the SID and to the specified key.
KeyName		True		String	Holds the name of the specific key.
ExcludeDefault		False		Switch	Excludes the default account when querying values.
Value		True		String	This parameter holds the value you want to set for the specific key.
PropertyType		True		ValidateSet	This parameter holds the type of property you wish to set as a validate set.
Force		False		Switch	Used to force the creation of a registry entry if it doesn't exist.

Output

Location of output for log, result, and error files.

.\Set-UserRegistryValue-log.txt
.\Set-UserRegistryValue-ERROR.txt