I want to read the value of an item in the registry.
the value im after is the centralprofile key which im trying to get by passing the SID and looking up the subkey but it never returns anything.
my code
Function getprofilepath(ByVal SID As String) As String
Try
regKey =
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I know that the SID being passed is correct so any thoughts are appreciated.
I have several programs that must write to HKLM in XP and Windows 7/64 Pro.The programs work in VB6 but not in VB.Net 2008 on target machines. It does works on our development machine. [code]I just cannot figure out why VB6 works but .net doesn't and fails only on the target machine not the development machine.
View 2 Replieshow do i write to the windows registry and read from the registry?i'm using windows 7 - 64 bits, and visual studio 2008.
View 1 RepliesAm I doing something wrong? I get no value back...
Imports Microsoft.Win32
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Dim s As String = ""
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I am having a hard time trying to read a registry key, I have tried various ways that I have found on the internet but with no successfully. I have attached a screen shot of the Path key that I am trying to get from the registry.
View 2 RepliesI am having a hard time trying to read a registry key, I have tried various ways that I have found on the internet but with no successfully.I have attached a screen shot of the Path key that I am trying to get from the registry I am using VB.NET
View 1 RepliesI have several programs that must write to HKLM in XP and Windows 7/64 Pro.
The programs work in VB6 but not in VB.Net 2008 on target machines. It does works on our development machine.
Same exact windows. [code]...
How do I read, write and delete a registry using VB 2005/2008?
View 1 RepliesI'm having troubles reading the values from a registy key, basically I already have my code working which reads back data from a registry key with the name "Printer" however I also have another key called "Printer" and when I attempt to read that the "+" get ignored and it reads back "data" which is in the same location. Is there a simple way of reading it back which won't mean large changes to code that is already working as I need it to?
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[code]After spending hours of research.I finally figured out the vb.net version on how to read a 64 bit registry with a 32 bit .net application. The importance of this is when you try to write to one part of the registry, it gets redirected somewhere else in the registry, which is super annoying.[code]
View 2 RepliesI want to read a string from a registry key, if its 0 do one thing, and if its 1, do something else.
This code (if it works..) would at the first time create a sub key, and assign it to 1, but if its not existing, it would then show a few messageboxe's - But it doesnt work, even if I set it to 1 or 0, it won't work, it always displays the messages.
If My.Computer.Registry.GetValue("HKEY_CURRENT_USERA Sim Game StudiosA Sim Game - Business",
"FirstRun", "1") Then
MessageBox.Show("Your name is Jay J, you are 23 years old")
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i got an unexpected problem when i tried to read this registry key
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I'm reading the registry values under the uninstall registry keys. I use string variables to store the program name and program version. This usually works fine but for example Firefox 10.0 appears to be less the Firefox 9 since the version is a string value. V is the string variable that stores the DisplayVersion found in the registry is there a way to read registry valuables to integer?[code]..
View 3 Repliesi want to read all the value names from registry.. Example:
Dim readValue As String
readValue = My.Computer.Registry.GetValue("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRun", "Path", Nothing)
So this will write the "Data" (The exe location) from the Path! But now i want to read all the Values from Run, and write them, not just one, the Path! I want to see all of them from Run, not only the Path! I also repalce "Path" with Nothing, or "", but dosn't work ...
Within my service i have the following function in order to take some values from my registry[code]...
View 3 RepliesI was unable to find anything in my searches for XML or INI on the forum so i apologize now if this has already been asked and answered before.
I have been searching Google for days now, trying to find information on Reading and Writing XML files. I wish to use them to replace INI files in my programs.
I have been using VB6 for years now, but was able to get a copy of VB.NET 2003 really cheap and so i am trying to learn how to do the things i did in VB6 in VB.NET 2003.
I was able to find code to write to an INI file, but was not able to successfully read from an INI file with any of the code i found.
I have been able to find code to write an XML file, but when i try to update it, it replaces the old file with a new one, and the old settings are missing, instead of the new settings added to it.
i can at least start migrating to VB.NET 2003, or if you read XML and update XML data, i can switch now. Here is the code i have for writing XML.[code...]
I have a serious problem reading that stuff, it seems I can't get it right.The registry key I want to retrieve looks like this:
And this is the code i used:
Public Class Form1
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Dim readValue = My.Computer.Registry.GetValue _[code].....
The problems is that it returns something like: "V???????=dQ???!u?1?" What the ____ is that anyway? So in reality it should be like "c3gm322dvf" or something like that.
If I need to read a bunch of items from the Registry, the following gets tiring fast:
Dim item1, item2 As String
item1 = My.Computer.Registry.GetValue(KeyValue, "item1", Nothing)
item2 = My.Computer.Registry.GetValue(KeyValue, "item2", Nothing)
Is there a smarter, more compact way to do this?
I was thinking of using a dictionary object, but it doesn't work as planned:
Dim dict As New Dictionary(Of String, String)
dict.Add("item1", Nothing)
dict.Add("item2", Nothing)
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I created an in house tool in VB.net to complete my post installation steps of SQL Servers.
My tool completes all post installation steps like (Creating Database,storedporcedures,logins,logon trigger, database mail configuration, Jobs , local security policies and creating required folders and granting permissions to service account.)
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how to read the registry and get all SQL server instances and databases installed and assign them to an array so I can then into the info into a datagridview?
View 9 RepliesI have an application which reads and writes to the registry. If the programs starts, it looks if the registry keys exists. If not it create the keys. All this is working fine on a Windows XP machine.
Now we moved to Windows 7 and it is not possible to write to the keys. First I need to go to the registry and add permissions. Then it works !
Is it possible to change the permissions in the .Net code and make it able to write to the registry without changing permissions through regedit ?
I am using the follow code in my app and it works fine in XP however when the app is run on Vista is returns no value, [code]
View 1 RepliesI have several programs that must write to HKLM in XP and Windows 7/64 Pro.The programs work in VB6 but not in VB.Net 2008 on target machines. It does works on our development machine. Same exact windows. User is an Administrator.NOT using Run as.
Both programs are using the same function
Declare Function RegCreateKey Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "RegCreateKeyA" _
(ByVal lngRootKey As Long, ByVal lpSubKey As String, phkResult As Long)
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I made a game and I would like to store the high score and other values in the windows registry. It's made in VB.NET. Could someone give me a sample code example of simple reading and writing to the registry.
View 5 RepliesIn vb.net, What object can I use to read and write to windows registry?
(in vbscript, I use 'regread' in wscript.shell)
I am trying to read a value of a sunbkey in the registry and write to txtfile. Problem is I only get the name of the key and not the value. Any ideas
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i looking for a way to read and write values in registry pocket pc using vb.net so far i have this:
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I need to read the value of one subkey located under a list of 17,000 keys in windows registry. I have no problem doing it locally but cannot get the system.management name space to do the same remotely. I know MSDN documents the system.management name space but much more knowledge is assumed than in other areas I have used. Assume no problems with connection and authentication.[code]....
View 16 RepliesFind this tutorial on Dot Net SourceReason of this project:This is the next part of the previous tutorial. We'll learn here how to add, change, read, delete registry keys and values using vb.net.I included a sample that contains all those functionality.Project details:1- How to add a registry key/value2- How to read a registry value3- How to delete a key or a value4- Changing a value or a key5- Hints to use registry with VB.net6- The registry reader (VB.net)1- How to add a registry key/valueOne thing that I think I forget to notice.
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I have made this code and it does work with a normal string key, but with a multi-string value(REG_MULTI_SZ) key it does not.[code]The error is this : Conversion from type 'String()' to type 'String' is not valid.So how do i read from a multi-tring value registry key and list is all into the listbox ?
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