Add Key to registry

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Hi all

I created the following script to add a new registry key, but it didn’t work. I checked the action info log on BigFix, all tasks show as completed. However, when I manually opened the registry, there were no changes.I am using PowerShell to execute it. Is there something wrong there? Does anyone have better suggestions or methods?

parameter “RegistryPath1” = “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server”
parameter “RegistryPath2” = “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server”
parameter “ValueName” = “ROWGUID”
parameter “ValueData” = “ADB43860-2506-45BE-9792-83BC3D95CEA6”

createfile until end-of-script
$registryPath1 = “{parameter “RegistryPath1”}”
$registryPath2 = “{parameter “RegistryPath2”}”
$valueName = “{parameter “ValueName”}”
$valueData = “{parameter “ValueData”}”

function CheckAndAddRowGuid {
param (
[string]$path
)

try {
    if (Test-Path $path) {
        $existingValue = Get-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name $valueName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

        if ($existingValue -eq $null) {
            Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name $valueName -Value $valueData -ErrorAction Stop
            Write-Host "Added ROWGUID: $valueData at Location: $path"
        } else {
            Write-Host "ROWGUID exists: $($existingValue.$valueName) at Location: $path"
        }
    } else {
        Write-Host "Key does not exist: $path"
        New-Item -Path $path -Force | Out-Null
        Write-Host "Created registry key: $path"
        Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name $valueName -Value $valueData -ErrorAction Stop
        Write-Host "Added ROWGUID: $valueData at Location: $path"
    }
} catch {
    Write-Host "Error occurred: $_"
}

}

CheckAndAddRowGuid -path $registryPath1
CheckAndAddRowGuid -path $registryPath2
end-of-script

move __createfile “C:\Temp\AddRowGuid.ps1”

action uses wow64 redirection false
wait powershell.exe -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File “C:\Temp\AddRowGuid.ps1”

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Could you elaborate on what you are attempting to achieve using your script?
When you manually execute the PS script out of BigFix, does your script function?

However, while quickly reviewing your script, you must escape curly brackets within your ps script.

Escaping curly brackets in Action Script - Customer Support (hcltechsw.com)

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For adding registry keys/data, is there any reason your using PowerShell over the platform native regset or regset64 actionscript commands?

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