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Set/Create Registry Values

• Tuesday, June 30, 2009 7:20 PMAnthonyP100

   
  

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  I am trying to search registry values and either create a value if
  it's not there or set the cirrect value it should have via the
  following function:
  

  function Compare2([string]$TermtoMatch, [string]$RegType, [int]
  $RegValue, [string]$RegistryPath) {
          $value = Get-ItemProperty -path $RegistryPath
          if ($value -match $TermtoMatch) { Set-ItemProperty $RegistryPath -
  Name $TermtoMatch -value $RegValue }
          Else { New-ItemProperty $RegistryPath -Name $TermtoMatch -value
  $RegValue -propertyType RegType }

   

  }
  
  

  Here's a snippet of the code calling the function:
  

  $RegistryPath = "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Intel\LANDesk
  \VirusProtect6\CurrentVersion\Storages\FileSystem\RealTimeScan"

  Compare2("ConfigRestart", "dword", 1, $RegistryPath)

  Here's the error:
  Get-ItemProperty : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Path' because it
  is an empty string.
  At C:\script.ps1:2 char:33
  + $value = Get-ItemProperty -Path <<<< $RegistryPath
  The '-match' operator failed: parsing "ConfigRestart dword 1 "HKLM:
  \SOFTWARE\Intel\LANDesk\VirusProtect6\CurrentVersion\Storages
  \FileSystem\RealTimeScan" - Unrecognized escape sequence \I..
  At C:\script.ps1:3 char:19
  + if ($value -match <<<< $TermtoMatch) {

  Any ideas what I'm missing here?  I'm thinking it has something to do
  with my casting.  When I manually put the values in for the variables
  it seems to work just fine.
  
  Thanks.

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