Powershell registry error wrong key

Question

Hello
I tried this command :

(New-Object -ComObject WScript.Shell).RegRead("HKCU:\Control Panel\Colors\")  

And it show me an error.

What is wrong?

Thanks for help.

Answer 1

Hi @Filip ,

why are you not using Get-ItemProperty ?
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.management/get-itemproperty?view=powershell-7.1

$b = "HKCU:\Control Panel\Colors\"  
Get-ItemProperty -Path $b  

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