how to remove a few lines from a Unicode registry file using batch commands in Windows?

I have a program who's generating some data in registry. I save it with "reg export HKCU\Software\ProgramName\Data data.reg" (Unicode format). I need to take it to other computer and import it there so the program from that computer could use the data. But I have to remove some text lines from data.reg. The text lines are easy to find because they contain some strings (for example paths to exe and dlls, specific program settings like "name1=value1", "name2=value2",...). Now I'm doing this manually (using Wordpad) every few days but maybe there is another way... Oh and I can't install other programs on these computers (the access is restricted) so I have to use batch/cmd files. What I tried so far: - redirecting the export to "con" but is visual only not in a variable; - using "for /F ..." but this works only with ANSI and removes blank lines.

The lines must be removed before importing because the settings of the program from the first computer must not be loaded into the registry keys of the program from th开发者_如何学运维e second computer.

Can somebody please help me...? Thank you.

Use this code to loop the file contents line by line

FOR /F %z IN (yourfile.reg) DO ...

Then use conditionals to determine if this line is one you want to keep

IF (%z)==[put your key string here]

If so (or if not), then write that variable to the target file

@echo %z >> output.reg

You can replace the filenames with command line arguments, use %1, %2, etc.

All together, then:

    FOR /F %z IN (%1) DO IF NOT (%z)==[skip this line] @echo %z >> %2

Since you didn't give some critical details, I am making some assumptions here. Further reading can be found at this excellent resource: http://www.robvanderwoude.com/batchfiles.php

An example would be nice, but could you use reg delete to delete the keys/values you want after importing your .reg file?