Open specified path in registry

Hello,
I want to open the specified location in Registry using VB.NET similar
Registry Favorite, how to do?

The regedit.exe can not open specified location.

Here the code i tried.

Code:

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Dim rKey As RegistryKey = Microsoft.Win32.Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey("SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Products", True)
Process.Start("regedit.exe")

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Thank you

Quote:

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Process.Start("regedit.exe")

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Well clearly that won't do because there is no command line argument to direct it. Unfortunately however, no such command line argument exists so you cannot open regedit to a specific key in this way. You could automate adding a new favourite and/or the choice of an existing favourite (though I'm far from convinced it's worth the effort).

Your code does two things.

1. Gives your application access to a RegistryKey (see here)
2. Opens a program

These are 2 seperate things that have nothing in relation to each other. Are you trying to "jump" to that location using the Regedit application?

I need the code from my code.
I want to open a registry key from the path
After entering the code to textbox using a full of registry key and jump to key in a registry.

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Originally Posted by dunfiddlin

You could automate adding a new favourite and/or the choice of an existing favourite (though I'm far from convinced it's worth the effort).

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This is the crux of the matter right here. The effort required would hardly be worth it. Why do you want to do this ? Perhaps the problem this is meant to solve has a much less painful solution.

Am i right in thinking you want to "Jump" to a key when regedit opens? I know there is a favorite menu but what about setting the LasyKey.

@ident: Great minds... I was just playing with that.

Tested on Windows 7. No idea about anything else.

Have to make sure RegEdit.exe isn't already running , or it doesn't seem to work. And leaving a trailing "\" on the target key path seems to stop the key's contents from displaying. (possibly doesn't bode well, lol)

Code:

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Imports Microsoft.Win32

Private Sub Button1_Click(sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click

    DisplayRegKey("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer")

End Sub

Private Sub DisplayRegKey(regKeyToDisplay As String)

    regKeyToDisplay.TrimEnd("\"c)

    Registry.SetValue("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Regedit", "LastKey", regKeyToDisplay, RegistryValueKind.String)

    '  RegEdit.exe not to be running already
    For Each p As Process In Process.GetProcessesByName("regedit")
        p.Kill()
    Next

    Process.Start("regedit.exe")

End Sub

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Works fine on XP Inferrd, Good job.

Interesting approach. That's pretty clever.

Awesome ;)

Thanks for your help.

Funky!

work fine on all windows great work buddy thanks