Batch reg query key to variable - windows

Question

When I run the command REG Query HKLM /k /F "Command Processor" /s /e /c on cmd, I get this result:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Command Processor
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Command Processor
End results: 2 match(s) found(s).
But in batch:
#echo off & setlocal ENABLEEXTENSIONS
for /f "tokens=*" %%a in ('REG Query HKLM /k /F "Command Processor" /s /e /c') do set "MyPath=%%a"
echo The path string value is "%MyPath%"
pause
When I execute this, I only get the last line:
The path string value is "End results: 2 match(s) found(s)."
What is wrong? I would like to get the path keys on variables.

Answer 1

The problem is obvious: you are overwriting the value of MyPath in the for /F loop, then you are printing (echo) the final value/line.
To get all lines (any arbitrary number) you could do the following:
#echo off
setlocal EnableExtensions EnableDelayedExpansion
rem storing the path strings in `MyPath1`, `MyPath2`, etc.:
set /A count=0
for /F "delims=" %%A in (
'REG Query HKLM /K /F "Command Processor" /S /E /C ^
^| findstr /L /B /V /C:"End of search: "'
) do (
set /A count+=1
set "MyPath!count!=%%A"
)
rem extracting the previously stored path strings:
echo Total number of path strings: %count%
for /L %%B in (1,1,%count%) do (
echo The !count!. path string value is "!MyPath%%B!"
)
pause
endlocal
This constitutes a sort of array MaPath1, MyPath2, and so on, containing all matching path strings.
The findstr command is used to filter out the summary line End of search: (this might be adapted according to your system locale/language).
Note that the array is no longer available after the endlocal command.