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Renames a property of an item.
Rename-ItemProperty [-LiteralPath] <string> [-Name] <string> [-NewName] <string> [-Credential <PSCredential>] [-Exclude <string[]>] [-Filter <str
ing>] [-Force] [-Include <string[]>] [-PassThru] [-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [-UseTransaction] [<CommonParameters>]
Rename-ItemProperty [-Path] <string> [-Name] <string> [-NewName] <string> [-Credential <PSCredential>] [-Exclude <string[]>] [-Filter <string>] [
-Force] [-Include <string[]>] [-PassThru] [-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [-UseTransaction] [<CommonParameters>]
The Rename-ItemProperty cmdlet changes the name of a specified item property. The value of the property is not changed. For example, you can use
Rename-ItemProperty to change the name of a registry entry.
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Rename-Item
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Copy-ItemProperty
Get-ItemProperty
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C:\PS>rename-itemproperty -path HKLM:\Software\SmpApplication -name config -newname oldconfig
Description
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This command renames the config registry entry contained in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\SmpApplication key to oldconfig.