Top "Registry" questions

The Windows Registry is a database where configuration settings for hardware, software and the Windows operating system itself are saved.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wow6432Node\Classes vs HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Wow6432Node

The question is very simple, what's the difference between HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wow6432Node\Classes and HKEY_CURRENT_USER\…

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How to find out the solid color used for the Windows Wallpaper?

I know how to retrieve the wallpaper from the registry: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\Wallpaper But what if …

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Read and write from/to registry in VBA

I saw this line in C# and I am trying to adapt it to VBA: Microsoft.Win32.Registry.SetValue(@"HKEY_…

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What's the Hash in HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.<extension>\UserChoice?

With Windows 8, the user's choice for which application to open for a given document type seems to be kept in …

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Attempted to read or write protected memory. This is often an indication that other memory is corrupt

I am using the following code This error occurs : Attempted to read or write protected memory. This is often an …

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When - and why - should you store data in the Windows Registry?

As a developer, tools that store configuration/options in the registry are the bane of my life. I can't easily …

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Determine path to registry key from HKEY handle in C++

Given a handle to a Windows Registry Key, such as the ones that are set by ::RegOpenKeyEx(), is it possible …

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Access to the registry key '[KEY_NAME]' is denied

I'm writing a small program in Visual Basic 2008 that flips the values of specific DWORDs in a registry key The …

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How to remove git from menu context in Documents?

I have a little question, how can I remove the "git bash here" and "git gui here" from my menu …

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HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProductId not found running 32bit app on 64bit Windows

As title really. Looking in regedit the key-value exists, but the Wow6432 key (HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows NT\…

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