Software Deployment

Hello! I would like to use a KACE managed install to add two registry keys to HKEY_CURRENT_USERS and push it out to multiple users at my firm. However, when I ran the managed install on a test machine and looked for the keys in the registry, they weren't in the HKCU. Instead they were in HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT. Is there a way I can get them to go to HKCU instead? Perhaps I'm missing something?

I created two separate .reg files (key one and key two). Then I created an install.bat file to add the two keys and zipped everything into one zip file which I uploaded to KACE. Codes are below.

Install.bat

regedit /s "UsePrinterDCForMetafile.reg"
regedit /s "QFE_Boston.reg"

Key one:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Excel\Options\]
"QFE_Boston"=dword:00000001

**Key installed to HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Excel\Options\ instead**

Key two:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Common]
"UsePrinterDCForMetafile"=dword:00000001

**Key installed to HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Common instead**

UPDATE (3/20/2017):

Just thought I should note that when I run the install.bat file locally (not through KACE), the registry keys get created in HKCU...Not sure what's happening during the KACE managed install process where it gets switched to HKU\.DEFAULT.

I tried alphabeta's suggestion of changing my .reg files to add to HKLM instead, but that didn't work. The registry keys still got created in the HKU\.DEFAULT locations.

UPDATE (3/22/2017):

I appreciate all the replies thus far! :)  

I've been doing more research on the side and I think the reason why it saves to HKU\.DEFAULT is because managed installs run everything as the Local System Account (rather than current user). I erroneously thought it was running as an admin account this whole time.

It seems like there's no way to change it to run as a current user (https://support.quest.com/kace-systems-management-appliance/kb/111280). Therefore, I've been looking into scripting and set up two online K-scripts, which installs the registry keys to the places I want. I've got a bit more tweaking to do before I'll be satisfied with the scripts. I'll update when I'm done (hopefully in the next day).  

UPDATE (3/23/2017):

See answer below.