~Name not defined" error

[taraiti]

Hi,

I have just installed PythonCE from SourceForge on a Windows Mobile 5.0 ARM PDA (HTC P3600).  When I enter in the interpreter window

import _winreg
help(_winreg)

I get a print out of the appropriate help.

When I run this script by double clicking its file

from _winreg import *

print r"*** Reading from SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run ***"
aReg = ConnectRegistry(None,HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE)

aKey = OpenKey(aReg, r"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run")
for i in range(1024):                                          
    try:
        n,v,t = EnumValue(aKey,i)
        print i, n, v, t
    except EnvironmentError:                                              
        print "You have",i," tasks starting at logon..."
        break        
CloseKey(aKey)                                                

print r"*** Writing to SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run ***"
aKey = OpenKey(aReg, r"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run", 0, KEY_WRITE)
try:  
   SetValueEx(aKey,"MyNewKey",0, REG_SZ, r"c:\winnt\explorer.exe")
except EnvironmentError:                                        
    print "Encountered problems writing into the Registry..."
CloseKey(aKey)

CloseKey(aReg)

it prints the first line correctly but then prints

Name Error: name 'ConnectRegistry' is not defined

Can anyone suggest what the problem is please?

Regards

David Williams

[alexandre.delattre]

ConnectRegistry seems not to be implemented in PythonCE

However you can still replace:

aReg = ConnectRegistry(None,HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE)

aKey = OpenKey(aReg, r"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run")

by:

aKey = OpenKey(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,  
r"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run")

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[taraiti]

<quote author="alexandre.delattre">
ConnectRegistry seems not to be implemented in PythonCE

However you can still replace:

aReg = ConnectRegistry(None,HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE)

aKey = OpenKey(aReg, r"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run")

by:

aKey = OpenKey(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,  
r"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run")

I have replaced the lines as suggested and now get the error:
<Type 'exceptions.WindowsError'>:[Error 2] The system cannot find the file specified

Any ideas?

[David Goncalves-2]

Hi,

> aKey = OpenKey(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,  
> r"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run")
>
> I have replaced the lines as suggested and now get the error:
> <Type 'exceptions.WindowsError'>:[Error 2] The system cannot find the file
> specified
>
> Any ideas?

You have to double the backslash because it is interpreted as an esc code :)

aKey = OpenKey(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,
r"SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Run")

Regards.

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[taraiti]

<quote author="David Goncalves-2">
Hi,

> aKey = OpenKey(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,  
> r"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run")
>
> I have replaced the lines as suggested and now get the error:
> <Type 'exceptions.WindowsError'>:[Error 2] The system cannot find the file
> specified
>
> Any ideas?

You have to double the backslash because it is interpreted as an esc code :)

aKey = OpenKey(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,
r"SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Run")


I have now tried doubling the back slashes as shown above but get exactly the same error message as before.

[Alexandre Delattre]

David Williams wrote:

> I have replaced the lines as suggested and now get the error:
> <Type 'exceptions.WindowsError'>:[Error 2] The system cannot find the
> file specified
>
> I would be grateful for any further help.
> Thank you
> David williams
>
> 2008/7/11 <[hidden email]>:
>
>     ConnectRegistry seems not to be implemented in PythonCE
>
>     However you can still replace:
>
>
>     aReg = ConnectRegistry(None,HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE)
>
>     aKey = OpenKey(aReg, r"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run")
>
>     by:
>
>     aKey = OpenKey(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,
>     r"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run")
>
>
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Hmm, you must make sure the key is existing in your device registry.
Try to double check this and that the key isn't mispelled (btw, I use
PHM Regeditor
on my pda for this kind of stuff
<http://www.phm.lu/Products/PocketPC/RegEdit/>)

The use of raw string r"..." notation prevents you from having to escape
\ characters,
maybe give a try to:

aKey = OpenKey(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,
r"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run")

Hope it helps,
Alexandre

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