How To Enumerate the Values of a Registry Key (178755)

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The following is the Visual Basic declaration statement for RegEnumValue:

   Private Declare Function RegEnumValue Lib "advapi32.dll" _
                   Alias "RegEnumValueA" _
                   (ByVal hKey As Long, _
                   ByVal dwIndex As Long, _
                   ByVal lpValueName As String, _
                   lpcbValueName As Long, _
                   ByVal lpReserved As Long, _
                   lpType As Long, _
                   lpData As Any, _
                   lpcbData As Long) As Long

				

NOTE: The function declaration listed in the API text viewer for the RegEnumValue function is incorrect. The fifth parameter, lpReserved, should be passed by value as illustrated above. For more information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: The next section illustrates how to create a sample project that displays the values of a specified registry key in a list box.

Step-by-Step Example

1. Start a new Standard EXE project in Visual Basic. Form1 is created by default.
2. Add a CommandButton and a ListBox control to Form1. Because many of the entries are lengthy, you should extend the ListBox across the full width of the form. The height of the ListBox should be several lines.
3. Paste the following code into the code window of Form1:

         Option Explicit
   
         Private Declare Function RegOpenKeyEx Lib "advapi32.dll" _
             Alias "RegOpenKeyExA" _
             (ByVal hKey As Long, _
             ByVal lpSubKey As String, _
             ByVal ulOptions As Long, _
             ByVal samDesired As Long, phkResult As Long) As Long
   
         Private Declare Function RegEnumValue Lib "advapi32.dll" _
             Alias "RegEnumValueA" _
             (ByVal hKey As Long, _
             ByVal dwIndex As Long, _
             ByVal lpValueName As String, _
             lpcbValueName As Long, _
             ByVal lpReserved As Long, _
             lpType As Long, _
             lpData As Any, _
             lpcbData As Long) As Long
   
         Private Declare Function RegCloseKey Lib "advapi32.dll" _
             (ByVal hKey As Long) As Long
   
         Const HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT = &H80000000
         Const HKEY_CURRENT_USER = &H80000001
         Const HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE = &H80000002
         Const HKEY_USERS = &H80000003
   
         Const ERROR_SUCCESS = 0&
   
         Const SYNCHRONIZE = &H100000
         Const STANDARD_RIGHTS_READ = &H20000
         Const STANDARD_RIGHTS_WRITE = &H20000
         Const STANDARD_RIGHTS_EXECUTE = &H20000
         Const STANDARD_RIGHTS_REQUIRED = &HF0000
         Const STANDARD_RIGHTS_ALL = &H1F0000
         Const KEY_QUERY_VALUE = &H1
         Const KEY_SET_VALUE = &H2
         Const KEY_CREATE_SUB_KEY = &H4
         Const KEY_ENUMERATE_SUB_KEYS = &H8
         Const KEY_NOTIFY = &H10
         Const KEY_CREATE_LINK = &H20
         Const KEY_READ = ((STANDARD_RIGHTS_READ Or _
                           KEY_QUERY_VALUE Or _
                           KEY_ENUMERATE_SUB_KEYS Or _
                           KEY_NOTIFY) And _
                           (Not SYNCHRONIZE))
   
         Const REG_DWORD = 4
         Const REG_BINARY = 3
         Const REG_SZ = 1
   
         Private Sub Command1_Click()
            Dim lngKeyHandle As Long
            Dim lngResult As Long
            Dim lngCurIdx As Long
            Dim strValue As String
            Dim lngValueLen As Long
            Dim lngData As Long
            Dim lngDataLen As Long
            Dim strResult As String
   
            lngResult = RegOpenKeyEx(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, _
                    "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\SharedDlls", _
                     0&, _
                     KEY_READ, _
                     lngKeyHandle)
   
            If lngResult <> ERROR_SUCCESS Then
                MsgBox "Cannot open key"
                Exit Sub
            End If
   
            lngCurIdx = 0
            Do
               lngValueLen = 2000
               strValue = String(lngValueLen, 0)
               lngDataLen = 2000
   
               lngResult = RegEnumValue(lngKeyHandle, _
                                        lngCurIdx, _
                                        ByVal strValue, _
                                        lngValueLen, _
                                        0&, _
                                        REG_DWORD, _
                                        ByVal lngData, _
                                        lngDataLen)
               lngCurIdx = lngCurIdx + 1
   
            If lngResult = ERROR_SUCCESS Then
               strResult = lngCurIdx & ": " & Left(strValue, lngValueLen)
               List1.AddItem strResult
            End If
   
            Loop While lngResult = ERROR_SUCCESS
            Call RegCloseKey(lngKeyHandle)
         End Sub
   					

4. On the Start menu, click Run, or press the F5 key, to start the program. Click CommandButton. All the values for the following registry key appear in the list box:

   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\SharedDlls