Writing to Registery using VB

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Hello everyone :)

I'm Trying to write a value into the registry with no success so far

im trying to write the value True to REG_SZ in a new registery hive
heres my code so far:

VB

My.Computer.Registry.CurrentUser.CreateSubKey("Software\Real_Estate_Program")
My.Computer.Registry.CurrentUser.SetValue("Software\Real_Estate_Program", "REG_SZ", RegistryValueKind.String)
My.Computer.Registry.CurrentUser.SetValue("c", "True")
Console.WriteLine(My.Computer.Registry.CurrentUser.GetValue("Software\Real_Estate_Program\REG_SZ"))
Console.ReadLine()

I'll be thankfull if some 1 will point where's my mistake.

Thenk you in advance, tsahi.

Posted 18-Oct-11 1:51am

tsahi-al

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REG_SZ is a string value in the registry.

Use

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My.Computer.Registry.CurrentUser.SetValue("Software\Real_Estate_Program", "c", "True")

or

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My.Computer.Registry.CurrentUser.SetValue("Software\Real_Estate_Program", "c", "True", RegistryValueKind.String)

In the first call the SetValue[^] determines that the value needs to be stored as a REG_SZ, because you are passing the value as a string.
The RegistryValueKind.String[^] enum in the second call tells the SetValue[^] function you want to store the value as a REG_SZ.

To retrieve this value from the registry use

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My.Computer.Registry.CurrentUser.GetValue("Software\Real_Estate_Program\", "c", "default")

The last parameter in the GetValue call is returned by the function when the key you are retrieving does not exist.

Posted 18-Oct-11 2:57am

André Kraak

Updated 18-Oct-11 2:59am

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joe_j · Accepted Answer · 2011-10-18T02:33:00

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hi, try this.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cy6azwf7(v=vs.80).aspx[^]

Posted 18-Oct-11 2:33am

joe_j

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tsahi-al 18-Oct-11 9:21am

Worked like a Charm, Ty :D

joe_j 19-Oct-11 10:11am

np..enjoy