Monitor Software Installation Changes

[Guest]

Thank you in advance for any and all assistance, it is greatly appreciated.

I would like to know if there is a simple way to monitor Registry changes by
software being installed, either with or without the users permission?

Michael

 

[Charlie]

Check out the Regmon (it's free)

http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Regmon.html

Regards,

Charlie

 

[Guest]

Charlie,

Thank you for the freebie, but I'm looking to integrate this into an
application, so I need code samples etc...

Michael

 

[Charlie]

I think you can import the win32 API and call the
RegNotifyChangeKeyValue()

If my memory serves me right (don't remember if I did that in VC++ or
VB 6 or VB .NET), it's possible to import the libraries into your code
and call the functions.

Hope that gives you a direction on what you need to do.

Best regards,

Charlie