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below is my code:
// letsc.cpp : Defines the entry point for the console application.
//

#include "stdafx.h"

//#include <winreg.h>
#include<Windows.h>
#include<string>

bool function();
int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
	if (function())
	{
      //hello

	}
	getchar;
	return 0;
	/*HKEY hTestKey;
	if (RegOpenKeyEx(HKEY_CURRENT_USER, dom, 0, KEY_READ, &hTestKey) == ERROR_SUCCESS)
	{
		QueryKey(hTestKey, pre);
		prefix[i] = pre[0];
	}
	RegCloseKey(hTestKey);
	return 0;*/
}

bool function()
{
	HKEY hKey;
	LPCTSTR subKey;
	LPCTSTR subValue;
	HKEY resKey;
	DWORD dataLen;
	hKey = HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE;
	subKey = "SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\WindowsUpdate";
	


	//HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, "SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\WindowsUpdate\\Auto Update\\RebootRequired"
	long key = RegOpenKeyExA(hKey, subKey, 0, KEY_READ | KEY_WRITE, &resKey);
	if (key == ERROR_SUCCESS)
		{
		printf("sucess");
		/*subValue = "ProgramData";
		long key = RegQueryValueExA(resKey, subValue, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
		if (key == ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND)
		{
			return false;
		}
		else
		{
			std::string data = "C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\program.exe";
			DWORD dataLen = data.size() + 1;

			long key = RegSetValueExA(resKey, subValue, 0, REG_SZ, (const BYTE*)data.c_str(), dataLen);
			if (key == ERROR_SUCCESS)
			{
				return true;
			}
			else
			{
				return false;
			}
		}*/
	}
	else
	{
		printf("registry not present");
		return false;
	}
}




using above code when i try to check key in registry it shows registry not present where as it is present there. what must i do

for example windows update is present in regedit but it is showing registry not found.
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Probably your application has not the right privileges needed to open a HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE subtree. Anyway you have to check the return value code, as per the documentation[^] :

If the function fails, the return value is a nonzero error code defined in Winerror.h. You can use the FormatMessage function with the FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM flag to get a generic description of the error.
 
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Member 11460314 4-Aug-15 5:25am    
hey but i check with the same code to following path it is giving me correct output
path= "SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Component Based Servicing\\Version"

similarly i crossed check with different path all worked well only i cannot access to reboot required which is currently present in my registry

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