Alexandre GRANVAUD wrote: i don't break the com creation mechanism : the CreateInstance in a ClassFactory does exactly the same : a new CComObject ! Avoiding such call you're breaking it by definition. Of course you'll see the practical implications of such a wicked act just on 'strange' servers (i.e. servers that don't "do exactly the same", such a behaviour is allowed by COM). :) If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile. This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke [My articles]

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up ^^

yes but i need to know which subkeys are created in a large tree

Alexandre GRANVAUD wrote: is there another way to extract .reg files from commandline ? Other than rolling your own, not that I know of. Using the registry API, it wouldn't be that difficult. If you are considering doing this for the sole purpose of comparing two registry keys, don't bother writing to disk first. That would be just too much time. Write to some data structure in memory instead. "A good athlete is the result of a good and worthy opponent." - David Crow "To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have deference for others governs our manners." - Laurence Sterne

do you mean setting the state to MFS_HILITE ? i think it won't work as HiliteMenuItem() function must do the same.... and doesn't work for popup menus... but i'll try ;)