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How to create a program that can rename an exe in program files and rename a folder in Windows registry

I'm new in this stuff! As far as I know when you install a program, the installer creates a folder in C:\Program Files with the contents of the application, and a folder appears in the windows registry with values it needs to work. I would like to create something like that that can rename an exe and rename a windows registry folder.

I already know how to rename an .exe with a .bat in the same folder:

@pushd "%~dp0" >nul 2>&1
@echo off
title Instalador
ren "Program1.exe" "Program2.exe"
@exit

And I tried using this line and opened regedit but idk how to change a folder's name with a command (for example renaming HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Program1 to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Program2)

C:\Windows\regedit.exe

Solution

  • There is no rename command in regedit command line. All you can do is copy it to new name and then remove old one:

    @echo off
echo Copying Program1 to Program2
ren path\to\program1.exe path\to\program2.exe
reg copy HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Program1  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Program2 /s /f
reg delete HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Program1 /f

    /s means Copies all subkeys and values

    /f means Forces the operation without prompt.