REG_BINARY to readable format

[prince]

just im reading file path using guid nd i know the default key values
"001e6700" for outlook 98-2000 and "001f6700" for later versions . the
problem is in outlook 98-2000 the type is REG_SZ so i can easily read
the path.but in later versions type is REG_BINARY it showing hex values
like 3c f7 18 c5 77 e0 de 4d bd ab 9b 6b 9a 63 now i want to read the
path from this value . can anyone tell me how to get the data value
from this hex codes.

is it possibe to change the type to REG_SZ if yes how to convert the
types?
its urgent .......
any help appriciated!!!!!


-ilavaa

 

[Pat Willener]

If you right-click on the name, then Modify or Modify Binary Data, you
will see the data in both hex and ASCII format.

 

[Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]]

You cannot modify a REG_SZ into a REG_BINARY. If you delete that value you
can re-create it as a string but of course that would screw things up
royally. If you read the value in code it's really Unicode that would be
retrieved as a Byte array that can then be converted into a string, either
with or without the Unicode attributes.

You really want to post programming questions like this in a programming
forum and not a general Outlook group.