From EduVNC

WARNING: 
Modifying the registry is for experienced administrators only. 
If you don't feel you have the skills to perform the suggested 
registry operations safely, then you probably shouldn't try.

EduVNC was designed to allow settings to be manipulated remotely. Every EduVNC feature has a corresponding registry key which is documented on the features page. Manipulating EduVNC's settings remotely or deploying them to a group of computers is as simple as importing these registry settings and starting EduVNC.

Contents 1 Creating the Settings 1.1 Exporting and Deleting using Regedit.exe 1.2 Exporting Settings 1.3 Verifying the Export File 2 Distributing the Registry File

Creating the Settings

Before we can deploy settings we first have to produce a registry export file with the settings we want to deploy. The easiest way to do this is to set up one computer with the EduVNC settings you want using the EduVNC interface and export the registry keys. Its also possible to use the features page to construct a registry import file by hand. In this guide we use the simpler way.

Exporting and Deleting using Regedit.exe

There are two procedures we will use, please review both before we actually get started:

Procedure to backup the EduVNC settings from the registry:

1. Start by ensuring EduVNC is not running.
2. Open the registry editor: Start -> Run type "regedit.exe" and press enter.
3. Browse using the + symbol to HKey_Local_Machine\Software\EduVNC.
4. Create a registry export by right clicking on the EduVNC and choosing Export.
5. This is a backup of the current settings, save it for later use.
6. You can now either close "regedit.exe".

Procedure to delete the EduVNC settings from the registry:

1. Start by ensuring EduVNC is not running.
2. Open the registry editor: Start -> Run type "regedit.exe" and press enter.
3. Browse using the + symbol to HKey_Local_Machine\Software\EduVNC.
4. Delte the existing settings by right clicking on the EduVNC and choosing Delete.
5. You can now either close "regedit.exe."

Exporting Settings

The idea behind these steps is to configure the currently installed copy of EduVNC exactly as it will be setup on your client stations after deployment.

1. If the existing install has settings you want to preserve, please use the backup procedure to save those settings
2. Use the delete procedure above to remove all EduVNC settings
3. if you have a license file (not required for some installs), install it as normal
4. Start EduVNC and configure all options just as you want them to appear on client stations.
5. Follow the above procedure to export those settings into a file. Save this for deployment.
6. If you created a backup in step one use the delete procedure above to clear out the new settings then double click on your saved file to import it into the registry. Start EduVNC and verify the settings have been restored before deleting the backup.

Verifying the Export File

The Registry export is a standard .reg file which you can edit in notepad. We recommend that you open the file and insure that it looks sane before distribution. Also if you want EduVNC to start on start up, please note that the .reg file's settings may not be enough to insure EduVNC starts. You may additionally need to add a key to HKLM\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Run pointing to the EduVNC.exe. EduVNC will create this key automatically only if the user starts EduVNC and has permission to create that key. See the Run on Startup page for details.

Distributing the Registry File

Distribution can be done with a start up script which uses regedit to import the settings file:

@call regedit /S "\\server\share\path\to\file\EduVNC.reg"