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writing to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE??

Using RegCreateKeyEx it seems that I cannot create a regestry key under HKEY_USERS or HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. Is there a way to get around this problem?
If possible I'd like to steer away from CWinApp class members too.. - is this possible?

Tim

plaroche

What kinds of problems are you having?

I write to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software quite easily and it works fine. Are you under NT? If so have you checked that the logged user is administrator of the machine? I think it's needed to write to that registry section.

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gunn

Ahhhhhhhhh, stupid me ;)

I read it, thinking 'ahh! I have done that!, only to (after posting the "answer") find out after reading -again- the question, that you were looking for way to *create* the key....doh! I have done that too, but don't have the code at my fingertips....

sorry about that, you can reject my answer ;(

-Tom

TimB

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Thanks for the help, I figured out how to create a key under HKLM, I think it was just me not being able to understand mocrosoft help files - doh!

Here's what I did in the end:

RegCreateKeyEx(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,      // handle of an open key
       StrKeyPath, // address of subkey name
       0, // address of class string
       NULL, // special options flag
       0, //
       KEY_SET_VALUE,
       NULL,
       &hKey,
NULL) == ERROR_SUCCESS)

Thanks for your help anyway, and here's 130 points,

Bye-ee ;)

Tim