Reading registry Win32 SDK

[maverick786us]

MFC registry functions doesn't work in Win32 SDK DLL. Can someone show me how I can read registry using pure Win32 SDK?

[TubularX]

Did you try using RegGetValue or RegQueryValueEx in WinReg.h?

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/lib.../ms724868.aspx
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/lib.../ms724911.aspx

[VictorN]

MFC registry functions doesn't work in Win32 SDK DLL. Can someone show me how I can read registry using pure Win32 SDK?

Not sure what you meant by "MFC registry functions", but agree, that can work only with MFC dll.

Registry Functions
32-bit and 64-bit Application Data in the Registry

[ovidiucucu]

• "Pure" raw Windows API registry functions are located in Advapi32.dll, according to MSDN documentation.
• For keeping MFC application settings under HKEY_CURRENT_USER, you can use CWinApp methods like CWinApp::GetProfileString, CWinApp::WriteProfileString, etc.
• For dealing with HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE or other registry sections, you can use CRegKey which is an ATL class but can be used in MFC applications, as well.
• Once you are using MFC and/or ATL, it has no much sense to reinvent the wheel by directly using of "pure" raw Windows API functions (except where is absolutelly necessary).
• Last but not the least: both MFC and ATL methods ar "pure" as well, as long as they are using "pure" Windows API stuff behind.

[Arjay]

One thing that used to be cool about the ATL CRegKey class was that it was a templated class and it didn't require any dependency dll (similar to std::string).

Not sure if this is still true or not. The msdn docs list atlbase.h as a requirement but no library to link to. That tells me it can operate standalone without any MFC or ATL runtime dependencies.

I'd try it.