get type of a value of a sys registry

[ranjjj]

how to get the type of the system registry of a particular value using c++.. i use RegOpenKeyEx to open reg and RegQueryValueEx to get the value of the subkeys.. how to get the data and type of that value? ranjani

[Anthony_Yio]

http://www.codeproject.com/system/registry.asp?target=CRegistry[^] Sonork 100.41263:Anthony_Yio

[David Crow]

ranjjj wrote: how to get the data and type of that value? You seem to have answered your own question. RegQueryValueEx() is used to retrieve both the type and data for a specified value.

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[ranjjj]

for example to get the type of HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\BackupRestore\FilesNotToBackup ..what hould be the parameters to be passed on to thef unctiona dn chow should i use it in my code? ranjani

[ranjjj]

for example to get the type of HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\BackupRestore\FilesNotToBackup ..what hould be the parameters to be passed on to thef unctiona dn chow should i use it in my code? ranjani

[David Crow]

DWORD dwType;
RegQueryValueEx(HKEY_CURRENT_USER, "SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\BackupRestore\\FilesNotToBackup", NULL, &dwType, ...);

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