>Is there another way (or language, i.e., script batch, etc.) to write a program that can check for the existance of and update registry keys?
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Aside from the VFP-specific solutions using registry classes based on the Win32API, the Windows Scripting Host's Wscript.Shell object has registry manipulation capabilities. You can write VBScript/Jscript code for execution under the WSH, or use the WSH OLE Automation objects within VFP.

>I would like to write a program that can do the above without having to build an executable that I must distribute over the network. The client wants very limited writing to be done on the users machines. And with an executable, it is likely I will need to have setup update local DLL files.
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>Any assistance is greatly appreciated....
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>TIA
>Michael