Registry operations in PowerShell - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to read the value of a registry key.

PowerShell

Get-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer' | Select-Object -Property [1]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

ARemove-Item

BShell Folders

CNew-Item

DGet-Item

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using cmdlets like Get-Item instead of property names.

Trying to use Remove-Item which deletes keys instead of reading.

The 'Shell Folders' property is used to read specific registry values under the given path.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to create a new registry key.

PowerShell

New-Item -Path 'HKCU:\Software\MyApp' -Name [1] -Force

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

ASettings

BGet-Item

CRemove-Item

DSet-ItemProperty

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using cmdlets like Get-Item or Remove-Item as the name.

Omitting the name parameter or giving an invalid value.

The '-Name' parameter specifies the name of the new subkey to create under the given path.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the code to set a registry value.

PowerShell

Set-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\Software\MyApp\Settings' -Name [1] -Value 'Enabled'

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

AStatus

BGet-Item

CNew-Item

DRemove-Item

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using cmdlets like Get-Item or New-Item instead of a value name.

Confusing the key name with the value name.

The '-Name' parameter should be the name of the registry value to set, such as 'Status'.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to delete a registry value safely.

PowerShell

Remove-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\Software\MyApp\Settings' -Name [1] -ErrorAction [2]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

AStatus

BSilentlyContinue

CStop

DVerbose

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using incorrect value names or error actions that stop the script.

Omitting error handling causing script to fail if value missing.

The '-Name' parameter specifies the value to delete, and '-ErrorAction SilentlyContinue' avoids errors if the value does not exist.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to list all subkeys under a registry path.

PowerShell

$keys = Get-ChildItem -Path [1] | ForEach-Object { $_.[2] } ; $keys | Where-Object { $_ -like [3] }

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A'HKCU:\Software\MyApp'

BName

C'*Settings*'

DValue

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'Value' instead of 'Name' to get subkey names.

Incorrect path or filter pattern causing no results.

Get-ChildItem lists subkeys under the path 'HKCU:\Software\MyApp'. The 'Name' property gets each subkey's name. The filter '*Settings*' selects keys containing 'Settings'.