RegOpenKey error i cant figure out

[locoone]

HKEY hKey;
CString path;

hKey = HKEY\_LOCAL\_MACHINE;
err = ERROR\_SUCCESS;

m\_list.InsertItem(0, "HKEY\_LOCAL\_MACHINE\\\\SOFTWARE\\\\Microsoft\\\\Windows\\\\CurrentVersion\\\\Installer\\\\UserData\\\\S-1-5-18\\\\Products\\\\109C30587D582624882DD8B8A2B7808B");
path = "SOFTWARE\\\\Microsoft\\\\Windows\\\\CurrentVersion\\\\Installer\\\\UserData\\\\S-1-5-18\\\\Products\\\\109C30587D582624882DD8B8A2B7808B";

err = RegOpenKeyEx(hKey, path, NULL, KEY\_ALL\_ACCESS, &hKey);
if (err == ERROR\_SUCCESS)
{
	m\_list.SetItemText(0, 1, "Found");
	ErrorExit("RegOpenKey0");
}
else
{
	m\_list.SetItemText(0, 1, "Not Found"); <--- this is the one i keep getting
	ErrorExit("RegOpenKey1");
}
RegCloseKey(hKey);

that is the code and it keeps returning error 2 system cant find file but i know the path is good i copied the key from regedit i am on vista 64 bit if it makes a differance ill take any help i can get

[David Crow]

locoone wrote:

that is the code and it keeps returning error 2 system cant find file...

If the function fails, the return value is a nonzero error code defined in Winerror.h.

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[locoone]

that part i know the part i cant figure out is why it cant find it i was in regedit and used the copy key name to get the key path so i know its right out of 24 keys it finds 12 and cant find 12

modified on Saturday, August 9, 2008 11:28 PM

[Mark Salsbery]

Do you get different results if you use KEY_QUERY_VALUE instead of KEY_ALL_ACCESS? Mark

Mark Salsbery Microsoft MVP - Visual C++ :java:

[Rob Manderson]

Unicode? If I recall correctly it's possible to have keys that regedit can't display correctly. Thus, if you copy and paste you're not copying the entire key. I'd write a quick and dirty iteration over the root key dumping the raw bytes in each key name to make sure you have the entire key.

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