how to register .reg files?

[ayastona]

in windows i just double click the .reg file and it automatically does what it has to do..

how do i accomplish the same thing in linux? im using wine to open the program..

[supersonicdarky]

run wine regedit, then import the key there

[ayastona]

i tried that it doesnt work

[linuxuser21]

You can also right-click it > Open With Other Program > Wine Windows Loader.

[ayastona]

it didnt work..

[alfplayer]

Have you seen this: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=885182

[ayastona]

that didn't work either, apparently...

[hesjnet]

How familiar are you with the terminal? It needs to be in the same directory as the file or else you have to spell the entire path


wine regedit /home/YOURUSERNAME/Desktop/registerfile.reg

Remember that it is case sEnSiTivE. :popcorn:

[doas777]

do you have execute permission on the file? not sure if you need it or not

[ayastona]

im pretty familiar with terminal/console.. i was in the correct directory.. if there was an error i would have let you known that...
i know its case sensitive...

also, no permissions necessary.. its already taken care of..

when i run any of the suggested remedies given above.. it seems like there is no error and that it "did wat it was supposed to" but the affect hasn't taken place...

i even tried reinstalling the program in question into its default folder (i was using my own specified folder before so i uninstalled that first and then reinstalled into default directory)

[Bölvaður]

this is all probably very silly but you can just do it this way.
type into the terminal


nautilus ~/.wine/dosdevices/c:/windows

and double click regedit.exe

the reason I will not make the terminal command open regedit is for you to understand where important programs are stored ;) have a look around there.

After you have opened the program click Registry and then Import registry file

[linuxuser21]

If none of these work, there might be something wrong with it. What is happening that is makes you believe it's not working properly?

[anjilslaire]

If all else fails, .reg files are simply text files fill the registry keys affected inside.
Open the .reg with notepad or gedit, and manually add the relevant registry keys/values to the registry via regedit.