Creating Registry Keys

With this new function, it is simple to create new registry keys (including missing parent keys) in all registry hives. All you need are proper permissions:

function New-RegKey {
  param($key)
  
  $key = $key -replace ':',''
  $parts = $key -split '\\'
  
  $tempkey = ''
  $parts | ForEach-Object {
    $tempkey += ($_ + "\")
    if ( (Test-Path "Registry::$tempkey") -eq $false)  {
      New-Item "Registry::$tempkey"   | Out-Null
    }
  }
}

Look how easy it is to create multiple registry keys:

New-RegKey HKCU\Software\Test\SubKey\AnotherOne\Finally

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