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Powershell registry error wrong key

Filip 831 Reputation points
2021-04-20T10:28:47.023+00:00

Hello
I tried this command : 

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

And it show me an error.
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What is wrong?

Thanks for help.

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  1. Andreas Baumgarten 101.2K Reputation points MVP
    2021-04-20T11:08:01.213+00:00

    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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    Regards
    Andreas Baumgarten

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