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    i need to know how to save and edit values in the windows registry, through VB, im trying to make a program like that, i dont know how to edit values in the registry through VB, like, what commands will u use?
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    Lightbulb To save and retrieve values from the Registry

    To save a retrieve values from the Registry:

    Code:
    Public Const HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT = &H80000000
    Public Const HKEY_CURRENT_USER = &H80000001
    Public Const HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE = &H80000002
    Public Const HKEY_USERS = &H80000003
    Public Const HKEY_PERFORMANCE_DATA = &H80000004
    
    Declare Function RegCloseKey Lib "advapi32.dll" (ByVal hkey As Long) As Long
    Declare Function RegCreateKey Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "RegCreateKeyA" (ByVal hkey As Long, ByVal lpSubKey As String, phkResult As Long) As Long
    Declare Function RegDeleteKey Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "RegDeleteKeyA" (ByVal hkey As Long, ByVal lpSubKey As String) As Long
    Declare Function RegDeleteValue Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "RegDeleteValueA" (ByVal hkey As Long, ByVal lpValueName As String) As Long
    Declare Function RegOpenKey Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "RegOpenKeyA" (ByVal hkey As Long, ByVal lpSubKey As String, phkResult As Long) As Long
    Declare Function RegQueryValueEx Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "RegQueryValueExA" (ByVal hkey As Long, ByVal lpValueName As String, ByVal lpReserved As Long, lpType As Long, lpData As Any, lpcbData As Long) As Long
    Declare Function RegSetValueEx Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "RegSetValueExA" (ByVal hkey As Long, ByVal lpValueName As String, ByVal Reserved As Long, ByVal dwType As Long, lpData As Any, ByVal cbData As Long) As Long
    
    Function RegQueryStringValue(ByVal hkey As Long, ByVal strValueName As String)
        
        Dim lResult As Long
        Dim lValueType As Long
        Dim strBuf As String
        Dim lDataBufSize As Long
        
        On Error GoTo 0
        lResult = RegQueryValueEx(hkey, strValueName, 0&, lValueType, ByVal 0&, lDataBufSize)
        If lResult = ERROR_SUCCESS Then
            If lValueType = REG_SZ Then
                strBuf = String(lDataBufSize, " ")
                lResult = RegQueryValueEx(hkey, strValueName, 0&, 0&, ByVal strBuf, lDataBufSize)
                If lResult = ERROR_SUCCESS Then
                    RegQueryStringValue = StripTerminator(strBuf)
                End If
            End If
        End If
        
    End Function
    
    Public Function GetString(hkey As Long, strpath As String, strvalue As String)
    
        Dim keyhand&
        Dim datatype&
        r = RegOpenKey(hkey, strpath, keyhand&)
        GetString = RegQueryStringValue(keyhand&, strvalue)
        r = RegCloseKey(keyhand&)
    
    End Function
    
    Function StripTerminator(ByVal strString As String) As String
        Dim intZeroPos As Integer
    
        intZeroPos = InStr(strString, Chr$(0))
        If intZeroPos > 0 Then
            StripTerminator = Left$(strString, intZeroPos - 1)
        Else
            StripTerminator = strString
        End If
    End Function
    
    Public Sub savestring(hkey As Long, strpath As String, strvalue As String, strdata As String)
    
        Dim keyhand&
        r = RegCreateKey(hkey, strpath, keyhand&)
        r = RegSetValueEx(keyhand&, strvalue, 0, REG_SZ, ByVal strdata, Len(strdata))
        r = RegCloseKey(keyhand&)
    
    End Sub
    Usage
    Use the Functions GetString and SaveString to retrieve and save values to the Registry. Here is an example. Make a Form with 2 CommandButtons's and put the following code into them.

    Code:
    Private Sub Command1_Click()
    
        'Save a Value to the Registry
        savestring HKEY_CURRENT_USER, "Software\Myapp", "Testing", "Hello"
        
    End Sub
    
    Private Sub Command2_Click()
    
        'Get a value from the Registry
        Retval = GetString(HKEY_CURRENT_USER, "Software\Myapp", "Testing")
        Print Retval
    
    End Sub

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