Registry Problem

[glenn]

I am executing the following line:

RegistryKey reg = Registry.CurrentUser.OpenSubKey("Software\\My
Key\\License\\Settings");

DBPath = (String)reg.GetValue("DBPath");

and it works. However, it is not accessing the HKEY_Current_User key. Its
accessing HKEY_Users...

What gives?

glenn

 

[Dmytro Lapshyn [MVP]]

Hi Glenn,

How have you detected the real key accessed is HKEY_Users?
If you used something like SysInternals' RegMon, this might be the correct
result, because HKCU is actually a virtual registry hive the system maps to
HKEY_USERS\{SID}\

 

[glenn]

well, I had to do a search for a unique word I had in the key. It only
found it there. I knew it was there because I had code to determine if the
key was there before it continued and it kept continuing despite me not
seeing they key. after doing the search is when I noticed it down in the
users key.

thanks,

glenn

Hi Glenn,

How have you detected the real key accessed is HKEY_Users?
If you used something like SysInternals' RegMon, this might be the correct
result, because HKCU is actually a virtual registry hive the system maps
to HKEY_USERS\{SID}\

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Sincerely,
Dmytro Lapshyn [Visual Developer - Visual C# MVP]

I am executing the following line:

RegistryKey reg = Registry.CurrentUser.OpenSubKey("Software\\My
Key\\License\\Settings");

DBPath = (String)reg.GetValue("DBPath");

and it works. However, it is not accessing the HKEY_Current_User key.
Its accessing HKEY_Users...

What gives?

glenn