Solve : Editing Registry?

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Answer» Win XP Home/Pro SP.3+ I'm trying to change how the date is displayed by editing the value data at HKCU/Control Panel/International/iDate, the value changes but the displayed date format does not even after a reboot. When I change the date format thru' the GUI the registry value data changes and so does the displayed date format. Is it not possible to change the displayed date format by editing the registry? Actually it can be done via Control Panel/ Date and Time...PATIO - would you elaborate please? I can only find how to set the Date/Time/Time_Zone and Synchronization in Control Panel>Date and Time not how to alter the date format. I have been using CP>Regional and Language Options>Customize>Date to alter the date format. ThanksQuote from: T.C. on June 10, 2010, 02:39:49 AM I have been using CP>Regional and Language Options>Customize>Date to alter the date format. And, that does not stick? It does for me, including after a restart. Exactly what change in format are you trying to make?he's not changing it through that control panel... He noted clearly in his original post that it when he uses the control panel, but he needs to change it via the registry for whatever reason. My best guess as to why would be some sort of multi-computer/user deployment of settings. I take it the Group Policy Editor was not up to this task and the next best thing is a regedit script? Not sure if this will help, but: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/241671 Basically, I would suspect that while you are changing the specified value in the registry and that change is sticking, it is evidently not the only key that is being changed. by changing the .default profile setting, you can change the setting used with all new profiles (and, according to the article, all present users). I have no idea if this would work with a ROAMING profile though.Quote from: BC_Programmer on June 10, 2010, 08:25:55 AM he's not changing it through that control panel... He noted clearly in his original post that it <works fine> when he uses the control panel, but he needs to change it via the registry for whatever reason. My best guess as to why would be some sort of multi-computer/user deployment of settings. I take it the Group Policy Editor was not up to this task and the next best thing is a regedit script? I hope he posts again and confirms what you said. I'd like to know why he needs/wants to do this via the registry instead of through Control Panel. Quote from: Soybean And, that does not stick? It does for me, including after a restart. Yes, changing thru' CP>Regional & Language POSES no problem and historically this is how it has been done. Quote from: BC_P My best guess as to why would be some sort of multi-computer/user deployment of settings. I take it the Group Policy Editor was not up to this task and the next best thing is a regedit script? On the button as usual BC_P. Thank you for the link to KB241671, I'll GIVE it a go but find that it applies to Win NT Server, NT Workstation, Win98 and Win95 only. Patio hasn't yet had time to respond so looking forward to his input. Thanks for your interest. Finally solved. Despite having a document which states that iDate "Determines how dates are displayed" it doesn't, sShortDate does. When the date format is changed thru' Control Panel>Regional & Language Options one or both value data entries may be changed but the sShortDate value data entry can be changed using Regedit and the date retrieved/displayed in a different format WITHOUT the need to reboot. Took a while but well worth the effort.

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Win XP Home/Pro SP.3+

I'm trying to change how the date is displayed by editing the value data at HKCU/Control Panel/International/iDate, the value changes but the displayed date format does not even after a reboot. When I change the date format thru' the GUI the registry value data changes and so does the displayed date format.

Is it not possible to change the displayed date format by editing the registry?

Actually it can be done via Control Panel/ Date and Time...PATIO - would you elaborate please?

I can only find how to set the Date/Time/Time_Zone and Synchronization in Control Panel>Date and Time not how to alter the date format. I have been using CP>Regional and Language Options>Customize>Date to alter the date format.

ThanksQuote from: T.C. on June 10, 2010, 02:39:49 AM

I have been using CP>Regional and Language Options>Customize>Date to alter the date format.

And, that does not stick? It does for me, including after a restart. Exactly what change in format are you trying to make?he's not changing it through that control panel...

He noted clearly in his original post that it when he uses the control panel, but he needs to change it via the registry for whatever reason.

My best guess as to why would be some sort of multi-computer/user deployment of settings. I take it the Group Policy Editor was not up to this task and the next best thing is a regedit script?

Not sure if this will help, but:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/241671

Basically, I would suspect that while you are changing the specified value in the registry and that change is sticking, it is evidently not the only key that is being changed. by changing the .default profile setting, you can change the setting used with all new profiles (and, according to the article, all present users). I have no idea if this would work with a ROAMING profile though.Quote from: BC_Programmer on June 10, 2010, 08:25:55 AM

he's not changing it through that control panel...

He noted clearly in his original post that it <works fine> when he uses the control panel, but he needs to change it via the registry for whatever reason.

My best guess as to why would be some sort of multi-computer/user deployment of settings. I take it the Group Policy Editor was not up to this task and the next best thing is a regedit script?

I hope he posts again and confirms what you said. I'd like to know why he needs/wants to do this via the registry instead of through Control Panel. Quote from: Soybean

And, that does not stick? It does for me, including after a restart.

Yes, changing thru' CP>Regional & Language POSES no problem and historically this is how it has been done.

Quote from: BC_P

My best guess as to why would be some sort of multi-computer/user deployment of settings. I take it the Group Policy Editor was not up to this task and the next best thing is a regedit script?

On the button as usual BC_P. Thank you for the link to KB241671, I'll GIVE it a go but find that it applies to Win NT Server, NT Workstation, Win98 and Win95 only.

Patio hasn't yet had time to respond so looking forward to his input.

Thanks for your interest.

Finally solved. Despite having a document which states that iDate "Determines how dates are displayed" it doesn't, sShortDate does. When the date format is changed thru' Control Panel>Regional & Language Options one or both value data entries may be changed but the sShortDate value data entry can be changed using Regedit and the date retrieved/displayed in a different format WITHOUT the need to reboot.

Took a while but well worth the effort.

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