search registry

hi friends,

how to search for a key in the registry.

thanx

oh boy, heard of search? a few weeks ago we had a really similar thread, and if im not wrong, he was answered.... ill try looking for it... but try searching next time.... a lot of questions have allready been answered...

thanks seec77, i usually search for threads b4 i post a new thread. i didn't get the desired result that is reason i have posted a new thread. anyway i will search again.

oh, well...
ill tell you what i answered to that thread...
okay, you need to enumerate all keys, and then for each key enumerate all values.... then do a instr for each value or key or wherever you want to search...
here is an example of enumeration from api-guide...

VB Code:

Const ERROR_NO_MORE_ITEMS = 259&
Const HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG = &H80000005
Const HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE = &H80000002
Private Declare Function RegCloseKey Lib "advapi32.dll" (ByVal hKey As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function RegOpenKey Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "RegOpenKeyA" (ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal lpSubKey As String, phkResult As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function RegEnumKeyEx Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "RegEnumKeyExA" (ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal dwIndex As Long, ByVal lpName As String, lpcbName As Long, ByVal lpReserved As Long, ByVal lpClass As String, lpcbClass As Long, lpftLastWriteTime As Any) As Long
Private Declare Function RegEnumValue Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "RegEnumValueA" (ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal dwIndex As Long, ByVal lpValueName As String, lpcbValueName As Long, ByVal lpReserved As Long, lpType As Long, lpData As Any, lpcbData As Long) As Long
Private Sub Form_Load()
    'KPD-Team 2001
    'URL: [url]http://www.allapi.net/[/url]
    'E-Mail: [email][email protected][/email]
    Dim hKey As Long, Cnt As Long, sName As String, sData As String, Ret As Long, RetData As Long
    Const BUFFER_SIZE As Long = 255
    'Set the forms graphics mode to persistent
    Me.AutoRedraw = True
    Me.Print "RegEnumKeyEx"
    Ret = BUFFER_SIZE
    'Open the registry key
    If RegOpenKey(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, "Hardware", hKey) = 0 Then
        'Create a buffer
        sName = Space(BUFFER_SIZE)
        'Enumerate the keys
        While RegEnumKeyEx(hKey, Cnt, sName, Ret, ByVal 0&, vbNullString, ByVal 0&, ByVal 0&) <> ERROR_NO_MORE_ITEMS
            'Show the enumerated key
            Me.Print "  " + Left$(sName, Ret)
            'prepare for the next key
            Cnt = Cnt + 1
            sName = Space(BUFFER_SIZE)
            Ret = BUFFER_SIZE
        Wend
        'close the registry key
        RegCloseKey hKey
    Else
        Me.Print "  Error while calling RegOpenKey"
    End If
    Me.Print vbCrLf + "RegEnumValue"
    Cnt = 0
    'Open a registry key
    If RegOpenKey(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion", hKey) = 0 Then
        'initialize
        sName = Space(BUFFER_SIZE)
        sData = Space(BUFFER_SIZE)
        Ret = BUFFER_SIZE
        RetData = BUFFER_SIZE
        'enumerate the values
        While RegEnumValue(hKey, Cnt, sName, Ret, 0, ByVal 0&, ByVal sData, RetData) <> ERROR_NO_MORE_ITEMS
            'show data
            If RetData > 0 Then Me.Print "  " + Left$(sName, Ret) + "=" + Left$(sData, RetData - 1)
            'prepare for next value
            Cnt = Cnt + 1
            sName = Space(BUFFER_SIZE)
            sData = Space(BUFFER_SIZE)
            Ret = BUFFER_SIZE
            RetData = BUFFER_SIZE
        Wend
        'Close the registry key
        RegCloseKey hKey
    Else
        Me.Print "  Error while calling RegOpenKey"
    End If
End Sub

hope you like it...

thanks i have used the same made it a recursive function.. it works great