regedit don't memorize changes

[boostpt]

hello.

I have a problem. my devide ir becker 7827 with wince 5.0

after I make some changes in my data with regedit, all goes well until I shut down the devide.

when it starts again, all data seems to undo all changes that I made earlier.
It seems that in the startup it runs a reset comand that puts all the data as it came as new.

do you have any ideia how to make the device to memorize the changes?

[ghisler(Author)]

Did you make a soft reset or hard reset? On a hard reset, all user data is reset, including the registry.

[boostpt]

Did you make a soft reset or hard reset? On a hard reset, all user data is reset, including the registry.

No. I don't make neither one.

this is strange.
If a put a file in the windows directory, that file is erased when I shut down the device.
I think that every time that the gps is turned on, it seems like the windows is reinstalled again and again.

is possible that the installation windows is hidden in a folder or in the device memory and the changed files are replaced every time that the windows restarts?

[ghisler(Author)]

That would be rather unusual. How about the program directory (program files)?

[boostpt]

all folders are reseted every time that gps starts:
my documents; program files; windows.. all these are replaced in startup.


the folder "my flash disk" is not replaced. it keeps all changes that I make

[ghisler(Author)]

I see - is there an Autostart/Startup folder which would allow to launch a program automatically? This could be used to add the changes to the registry automatically.

[boostpt]

I see - is there an Autostart/Startup folder which would allow to launch a program automatically? This could be used to add the changes to the registry automatically.

yes there is.

the gps autostart a application named shell.exe.
That application is stored in "\my flash disk\....", so I can change that aplication to what ever I want (with the same name of course).
At this moment it runs the explorer.exe. I rename it to shell.exe and so it runs automatically when it starts.

I thought in an applications named MortScript.exe. I rename it to shell.exe and it would run automatically a script.

It runs a script stored in a file. But i'm not a expert in that commands.

I've already tried to run some script that imports some lines with changes to registry. but it does't work:

Run ( "\My Flash Disk\programas\TRE.exe -s \My Flash Disk\programas\exports_1.reg" )

Run ( "\windows\explorer.exe" )

the second line works ok, but the first does not.

TRE.EXE is a regedit program, version 0.82
exports_1.reg contains the lines that I want to import to registry.

I dont know if the command is ok or not. I cannot find a help file for TRE.EXE

can you help me in these commands?

thanks

[ghisler(Author)]

The first fails because of the spaces in the name. I just checked the syntax of your scripting tool MortScript.exe, and it seems that you need to write it like this:
Run( Applikation [, Parameter ] )

so in your case it would be

Run ( "\My Flash Disk\programas\TRE.exe", "-s \My Flash Disk\programas\exports_1.reg" )

[siealex]

After applying the registry changes, WAIT about 3..5 minutes before pressing reset. The changes are cached in RAM and are not written immediately to FLASH memory.

[Cheetah]

Hi,..
Using XP Pro SP2. I deleted the key
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run MSMSGS to
eliminate the pop up messages. But after windows restart (or shut down) the
key is back in the registry. Why are my changes saved?

thanks,..

[ghisler(Author)]

The registry is cached in memory by the system, and only written to flash after some time - sorry, I don't know the exact amount of time. I have been looking for a function to flush the registry to disk, but didn't find anything yet...