[RESOLVED] How can i use this code to add registry entry?

I want to create a registry entry when the user presses Alt F6 F6

Could someone give me an example of house to do this?

I'm playing with this code

Code:

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          'Adds registry entry when Alt + F6 + F6 is pressed
            If e.Alt And e.KeyCode.ToString = "F6" And e.KeyCode.ToString = "F6" Then
                Dim regKey As RegistryKey
                regKey = Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey("Software\MyApp", True)
                regKey.SetValue("Wizard", "1089018919810")
                regKey.Close()

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to write to Registry.LocalMachine in vista or win7 you need admin privileges in your app, which requires vb2008+.

Project-->Properties-->Application-->View UAC Settings + follow the instructions in your app.manifest

to catch the key combination, set your form's keypreview property to true, then handle the keydown event:

vb Code:

Private Sub Form1_KeyDown(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs) Handles Me.KeyDown
    Static ALT_F6_Pressed As Boolean = False
    If e.Modifiers = Keys.Alt AndAlso e.KeyValue = Keys.F6 AndAlso ALT_F6_Pressed = False Then
        ALT_F6_Pressed = True
    ElseIf e.Modifiers = Keys.Alt AndAlso e.KeyValue = Keys.F6 AndAlso ALT_F6_Pressed = True Then
        'edit registry
        ALT_F6_Pressed = False
    End If
End Sub

Quote:

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Originally Posted by .paul.

to write to Registry.LocalMachine in vista or win7 you need admin privileges in your app, which requires vb2008+.

Project-->Properties-->Application-->View UAC Settings + follow the instructions in your app.manifest

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Rather than just making your app run as admin (and meaning the user will get a UAC prompt every time they launch it) I would recommend avoiding storing registry data in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE in the first place unless it is absolutely necessary. Use HKEY_CURRENT_USER instead as this does not require admin permissions. The only difference is that registry entries in HKEY_CURRENT_USER will only be visible to the user that is currently logged on - if someone else logs on then they have their own HKEY_CURRENT_USER hive and wont see any changes that were made to that area of the registry whilst another user was logged on. Anything written to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE though will be visible to all users no matter which user actually created the value - which is precisely why you need admin permissions to do it.

Thanks Guys, Paul that worked perfectly!

Just one thing so i know for future reference if i wanted to hit say Alt F6 F6 F6 F6 F6 F6 for the same thing to happen is this possible?