Output value of registry key as string

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Hello everyone,

I am trying to create an analysis to read the value of a Registry Key for testing. For simplicity of testing I created the following in the fixlet debugger which outputs the value correctly.

q:(value "WordName" of it) of key "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Word\" of native registry
A: Word
T: 0.094 ms

I am trying to create an if then statement to detect the presence of a key and export the value if the key is present otherwise for error handling to just report N/A. Any ideas on where I’m going with my if-then statement? I have played around for a few hours to no avail.

q: if exist(value “WordName” of it) of key “HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Word” of native registry then (value “WordName” of key “HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Word”) as string else "N/A"
E: The operator “key” is not defined.

Thanks.

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Your then statement needs the of native registry as well

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Hi Alan,

Thanks for your reply. I was able to get the analysis working on my local machine using the debugger but when I run the Analysis globally it returns no results despite me adding the key to my machine. Have you ever encounter such as issue?

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You are not getting values, because the BES Client has no Current User registry key. The “Current User” key is really an Alias that points to a key under the HKUsers branch of the Registry.

QnA will return a value because YOU are logged in.

BigFix has constructs to allow you to access the Current User key IF a user is logged into the computer.

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Documentation for that is at: https://developer.bigfix.com/relevance/reference/registry.html#current-user-key-logged-on-user-of-registry-registry-key

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Thank you @TimRice and @AlanM. I was going in circles but what you all have said makes total sense. :slight_smile: