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Reading value from a key in Windows Registry (VC++ code)

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22 Nov 2011CPOL 31.4K   3   5
How to read a value from a key in the Windows Registry.
C++
wchar_t buffer[MAX_PATH];
wchar_t* szValueName;
wchar_t* SubKeyName;
wchar_t* installPath;
HKEY hKey;
DWORD dwBufLen;
LONG lret;

HRESULT hr = E_FAIL;
DWORD* reservedNULL = NULL;
DWORD reservedZero = 0;

szValueName = L"Path";
SubKeyName = L"SOFTWARE\\7-Zip";
lret = RegOpenKeyEx(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,
          SubKeyName,
          reservedZero,
          KEY_READ,
          &hKey);
if (lret == ERROR_SUCCESS)
{
    dwBufLen = MAX_PATH;
    lret = RegQueryValueEx(hKey,
              szValueName,
              reservedNULL,
              NULL,
              (BYTE*)buffer,
              &dwBufLen);
    if (lret == ERROR_SUCCESS)
    {
       installPath = buffer;
       hr = S_OK;
    } // end if successfull value read
    RegCloseKey(hKey);
} // end if successfule key open

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My name is Mitendra Anand and my work is focused around application development which includes a lot of prototyping of new solutions.

While I have a background in C++/VC++ programming, my daily work is mostly spent in C++, Sybase, SQL, Unix/Windows.

Comments and Discussions

 
GeneralMy vote of 1 Pin
luckyrockstar50510-Jul-14 9:53
luckyrockstar50510-Jul-14 9:53 
GeneralThe method of defining a union RegKeyValue just to get somet... Pin
nv322-Nov-11 4:46
nv322-Nov-11 4:46 
GeneralRe: Thanks for correcting it. Your code certainly is more neat. ... Pin
Mitendra Anand22-Nov-11 5:26
Mitendra Anand22-Nov-11 5:26 
GeneralReason for my vote of 1 Trivial Pin
Member 351467110-Nov-11 4:04
Member 351467110-Nov-11 4:04 
GeneralRe: Can you provide me a better way to read the reg value from C... Pin
Mitendra Anand10-Nov-11 4:08
Mitendra Anand10-Nov-11 4:08 

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