How do you make a REG_DWORD?

[Ty Moffett]

Dim rk As RegistryKey =
Registry.LocalMachine.CreateSubKey("Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersio
n\WindowsUpdate\Auto Update")

rk.SetValue("AUOptions", "4")



In the above example I am setting AUOptions to a value of 4. By default it
created a REG_SZ but I need it to be a REG_DWORD.



I can't for the life of me find anything written about this. Can anyone
offer some advice?

 

[Ty Moffett]

I found that if you do this

rk.SetValue("AUOptions", 4)

It automatically makes it a DWORD, but I don't really understand why.

 

[Armin Zingler]

Dim rk As RegistryKey =
Registry.LocalMachine.CreateSubKey("Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersio
n\WindowsUpdate\Auto Update")

rk.SetValue("AUOptions", "4")



In the above example I am setting AUOptions to a value of 4. By
default it created a REG_SZ but I need it to be a REG_DWORD.



I can't for the life of me find anything written about this. Can
anyone offer some advice?

You are passing a string. That's why a string is stored. Pass a numerical
value and a DWORD will be stored:


rk.SetValue("AUOptions", 4)

 

[Armin Zingler]

I found that if you do this

rk.SetValue("AUOptions", 4)

It automatically makes it a DWORD, but I don't really understand
why.

Because it's a numerical value, not a string.

 

[Jonathan Clark]

Did you try:
rk.SetValue("AUOptions", 4)

?

According to thne documentation on SetValue:
"Values allowed in the registry can be DWORD, binary, and string."


Jonathan
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