[Tutor] adding a windows registry value

[Albert-Jan Roskam]

Hi,
 
I am trying to change a registry value (Windows 7, Python 2.7) but it won't work when I try to do this using Python:
 
import os 
# 1 using this from Python won't work, but double-clicking the file works.
os.system(r"regedit /s C:\Users\Desktop\set_temp.reg")
# 2: using this from Python won't work, but from the commandline or with a batch file works
os.system("reg add HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software .....(etc)")

Why is this not working using Python? Is there a built-in way to do this (I don't have win32api)?

Regards,
Albert-Jan


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