Thanks Jason,
As the straw man said "If I only had a brain......"
Of course, it now seems so apparent.....thanks for turning the lights on for
me.
Jim L.
"jason martin [Autodesk]" wrote in message
news:880FC10E76E4FB77D7A2433984BC7AAE@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> Hi Jim -
>
> You're making this to hard. Don't try to delve into
> HKey_Users\blah.blah.blah to get to the current use, that's what the
> HKey_Current_User key is for.
>
> Example:
>
> Log on as user S-1-5-21-206908930-232826882-334337264-1008 and then
compare
> the reg settings under
> HKey_Users\S-1-5-21-206908930-232826882-334337264-1008 and
> HKey_Current_User. You'll find all of the same values. If you want to edit
> the registry for the current user, just edit the HKey_Current_User
section.
>
> hth
>
> jason martin
> Autodesk
>
> "Jim Lemons" wrote in message
> news:B1E8ED0D15A7E00979946578EC907C01@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > Am upgrading to 2002 - the uninstall routines from Autodesk do not
> > effectively clean out the user registry settings of 2000i. The net
effect
> is
> > that a users previous settings from 2000i are attempted to be applied to
> the
> > new AutoCAD install thereby blowing up the installation. I am looking
for
> > examples of a vbs script or suggestions on a way to completely clear out
> the
> > Autodesk key and sub-keys under the HKEY_USERS key before running the
2002
> > installs
> >
> > i.e.
> >
> > HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-206908930-232826882-334337264-1008\Software\Autodesk
> >
> > Each user has their own unique key name (i.e.
> > S-1-5-21-206908930-232826882-334337264-1008). I am mystifyed as to how
you
> > would access the key name of the currently logged in user to write the
> > script. Its easy if the key name remains static such as in
> > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE; but this has got me stumped.
> > Any ideas or guidance out there?
> >
> > Thanks much in advance for considering this and any advice you may be
able
> > to give me....
> >
> > Jim Lemons
> >
> >
>
>
