Run Registry file that WILL be created

Hello Community,

I have to add the value %username% (logged on user) in the registry, in the "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE" which needs the administrative rights. So, if my %username% doesn't have administrative rights (which will always be the case) it fails.

To avoid this, I created a "Command" step "Run As Logged on User" with the following commands:

echo Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 >> c:\temp\forticlient-set-username.reg
echo [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Fortinet\FortiClient\Sslvpn\Tunnels\VPN Solisco] >> c:\temp\forticlient-set-username.reg
echo "DATA1"="%username%" >> c:\temp\forticlient-set-username.reg

So I have the good %USERNAME% in the registry file.

Next step runs the registry file %temp%\forticlient-set-username.reg "Run as Deploy User" so it can write in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

My issue is that the install step which runs the registry file give a warning because the reg file doesn't exists (will be created in the step before) and as it give a warning I can't deploy it (the "Deploy Now" button is greyed).

My workaround is to create a batch file in my (pdqRepository) and in this file execute the forticlient-set-username.reg

Do you see any different ways to achieve this? Simplify it? Do I miss something?

Thank you