application name in registry

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good day experts, i just want to ask if it is possible to use the application name to save in registry after installation? i have a code which save some info in registry.
here is my code:

VB

appName = "HRMS" --default app name
SaveSetting(appName, "Database Name", "text", txtdbName.Text)
SaveSetting(appName, "Instance Name", "text", txtInstanceName.Text)
SaveSetting(appName, "Server Name", "text", txtServerName.Text)
SaveSetting(appName, "User ID", "text", txtUserId.Text)
SaveSetting(appName, "Password", "text", txtPassword.Text)
SaveSetting(appName, "IP Address", "text", txtIPAddress.Text)

Posted 12-Jan-15 16:03pm

Chester Costa

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Answer 1 · 2015-01-12T16:46:00

It is quite possible (you can easily find registry classes in .NET FCL), but contamination of the registry is quite a bad idea. You should better store the application information in the area on the disk specially dedicated for this purpose, per user account, of for all users. From .NET FCL, you should find appropriate "special folder". Please see my past answer:
which is better : use of registery in order to store setting or use of Settings class[^].

See also my answer to this question: How to find my programs directory[^].

—SA