Thread: Reading the registry.

Compiler: MSVC++ | OS: Windows XP Pro.

How would I read-in a key or entry from the registry(what function, and please show an example)?

TIA, knave.

Tried working with this, but failed to get it to work. any help is appreciated.

Code:

#include "stdio.h"
#include "stdlib.h"
#include "windows.h"
#include "iostream.h"

int main()
{
	HKEY hKey;	
	char *lpValName = " anything",
		 *lpKey = "Software\\etc\\etc\\etc\\etc\\etc\\";
	DWORD dwData,dwSize,dwType;


	if(RegOpenKeyEx(HKEY_CURRENT_USER,lpKey, NULL,KEY_READ,&hKey) == ERROR_SUCCESS)
	{
		dwSize = sizeof(DWORD);
		dwType = REG_SZ; // REG_SZ ONLY!!!

		if(RegQueryValueEx(hKey,lpValName,NULL,&dwType, (LPBYTE)&dwData ,&dwSize) == ERROR_SUCCESS)
		{
			printf(" Data from key: %s",dwData);
		}
		else printf("\n Could not read the registry key");

	}
	else printf("\n Failed to locate the registry key");
	RegCloseKey(hKey);

	return 0;
}