The REGEDIT program allows the merging of configuration settings stored in a text file into the Registry. The default extension for such files is .REG. In the default operation mode, Windows 95 displays a dialog box at the end that indicates that the information was successfully merged into the Registry. This dialog box requires clicking the OK button or pressing the ENTER key before execution continues.
You can avoid the confirmation dialog box and the required key stroke our mouse click by adding the switch /S, for silent operation, to the command. For example, the following command merges the registration file without displaying the confirmation dialog box. This feature is especially useful for remote or network based installation procedures.
REGEDIT /S FILENAME.REG
Note that many Microsoft SETUP programs, such as for Excel, and WinWord, have a /Q switch for "quiet" mode.