Sam, You didn't say - so I'll guess -- that the key is in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. If it in HKEY_CURRENT_USER, I would go with a script. The script would be used to update the key and launch the app. This is also possible if only one copy of the app will be in use on the machine at a time (which could be enforced by the script also). Otherwise, without knowing the details, you may be out of luck. You can always stick in a variable and see if the application is smart enough to detect and decode -- but that is highly unlikely. If desperate, this is the sort of problem that Softricity takes care of. tim -----Original Message----- From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Schneider, Samuel M. Mr (Contractor) UHD Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 3:01 PM To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' Subject: [THIN] Re: Using variables in the application REG's I believe that under normal circumstances this may be a valid soloution, however, the application i'm attemting to trick is looking for a specific type of key(REG_SZ). Is there a way to fool, intercept or redirect this key request to a REG_EXPAND_SZ key containing a variable. What I'm attempting to do is redirect the application data request from this app from a static location to a %userprofile% location to emulate a multi user application(doesn't exist). Thx for any input Sam -----Original Message----- From: Tim Mangan [mailto:tmangan@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 2:27 PM To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [THIN] Re: Using variables in the application REG's There is a special type of expandable reg string for this. Programmatically, REG_EXPAND_SZ instead of REG_SZ. You can't set one using regedit, you must use regedt32.exe (located in the system32 folder) instead. Allows you to include standard env vars. tim -----Original Message----- From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Schneider, Samuel M. Mr (Contractor) UHD Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 2:00 PM To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' Subject: [THIN] Using variables in the application REG's Are there any special requirements when using variable values in an applications registry settings? anyone have experience with this? Thx Sam ******************************************************** This Week's Sponsor - Appsense Technologies New! AppSense Optimizer is a new product from AppSense designed to increase the user capacity of your servers. http://www.appsense.com/ ********************************************************** For Archives, to Unsubscribe, Subscribe or set Digest or Vacation mode use the below link: http://thethin.net/citrixlist.cfm ******************************************************** This Week's Sponsor - Appsense Technologies New! AppSense Optimizer is a new product from AppSense designed to increase the user capacity of your servers. http://www.appsense.com/ ********************************************************** For Archives, to Unsubscribe, Subscribe or set Digest or Vacation mode use the below link: http://thethin.net/citrixlist.cfm ******************************************************** This Week's Sponsor - Appsense Technologies New! AppSense Optimizer is a new product from AppSense designed to increase the user capacity of your servers. http://www.appsense.com/ ********************************************************** For Archives, to Unsubscribe, Subscribe or set Digest or Vacation mode use the below link: http://thethin.net/citrixlist.cfm ******************************************************** This Week's Sponsor - Appsense Technologies New! AppSense Optimizer is a new product from AppSense designed to increase the user capacity of your servers. http://www.appsense.com/ ********************************************************** For Archives, to Unsubscribe, Subscribe or set Digest or Vacation mode use the below link: http://thethin.net/citrixlist.cfm