VBScript in RunOnce Key

[JohnAlpha]

I'm having some issues setting a .vbs file in the RunOnce registry key through a .reg file. My goal is to set a few scripts to do some configuration on new installations, but while trying to test things out today I realized I couldn't seem to set the values I needed. Here is a basic test .reg file I made:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce]
"Test"="This is a test."
"Script"="C:\test.vbs"

The Test value is created and set but the Script value is not. I noticed that this occurs anywhere in the registry, not just for the RunOnce key. However, if I manually go into the registry, make a new string, and then set the value to "C:\test.vbs" (or even something like "cscript C:\test.vbs"), it will set correctly. Furthermore, it actually functions, since any test scripts I tried would launch after a reboot.

Is this just some sort of convention I didn't know about that you can't use a .reg file to add scripts to run? I tried using Google, but I couldn't really find any information on this. If anyone could shed some light on this for me, I would really appreciate it.

 

[mikesgroovin]

your path needs one more "\"

like C:\\whateverpath\\whateverfile.vbs

 

[JohnAlpha]

Awesome, thank you!

Is there any particular reason why you have to use the double backslash for the file path when working in the registry? I'm just curious.