C#

public void readRegistryForDX9()
        {
            RegistryKey rk = Registry.LocalMachine;
            RegistryKey sk = rk.OpenSubKey("SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\DirectX");
            string temp = (string)sk.GetValue("Version");
            if (temp.IndexOf("4.09")<0) MessageBox.Show("Directx 9 Must be installed");
            else MessageBox.Show("Directx 9 already installed");
            return;
        }

using (RegistryKey sk = Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey("SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\DirectX"))
{
    // the rest of your code;
}

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Items appear selected only when the ListView control has focus. To select items in response to a user action such as a button click, be sure to call the Focus method in addition to setting this property.

byte[] bytes = File.ReadAllBytes(path);
MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(bytes);
Image returnImage = Image.FromStream(ms);