{"id":95,"date":"2009-09-30T21:55:27","date_gmt":"2009-09-30T19:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dirk.forbiddendream.be\/?p=95"},"modified":"2016-01-07T10:50:19","modified_gmt":"2016-01-07T10:50:19","slug":"working-with-windows-registry-part-1-general-information-about-the-registry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dirk.schuermans.me\/?p=95","title":{"rendered":"Working with Windows Registry in VB.NET – Part 1: General information about the Registry"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello everyone!<\/p>\n

I know it’s been a while since my last post, been rather occupied with other stuff so didn’t really have time to post on my blog.<\/p>\n

Anyhow, back to business.<\/p>\n

Today I’m going to explain to you how to work with the Windows Registry in your VB.NET application.<\/p>\n

This entry will be divided into 5 parts:<\/p>\n

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  1. Working with Windows Registry in VB.NET – Part 1: General information about the Registry<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Working with Windows Registry in VB.NET – Part 2: Writing to the Registry<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Working with Windows Registry in VB.NET – Part 3: Reading from the Registry<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. Working with Windows Registry in VB.NET – Part 4: Deleting from the Registry<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. Working with Windows Registry in VB.NET – Part 5: Everything in a nutshell<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    To some working with the registry might sound complicated but guess what, it’s not!<\/p>\n

    It’s so simple, that I don’t really get why they don’t address this in programming classes because working with the Windows Registry is really handy for storing application based settings without having to work with plain text files or whatever.<\/p>\n

    Let’s get started!<\/p>\n

    First of all, you’ll need to understand the basics of the Windows Registry and how it works.
    \nYou can browse the registry by pressing the windows key + r and typing “regedit”. This will open up the Register-editor.<\/p>\n

    In total, there are 5 hives: (For XP & Vista, older versions have additional hives available)<\/p>\n