by Kjell T Dirdal (3 Submissions)
Category: Registry
Compatability: VB Script
Difficulty: Intermediate
Date Added: Wed 3rd February 2021
Rating: 
(6 Votes)
Create, update and delete key path and values in Windows registry the right way.
Inputs
To many to list here
Assumes
Do not change anything in the module named modRegSettings. I may cause the program to fail.
Code Returns
Boolean values
Side Effects
non
API Declarations'Types Definition
Type SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES
nLength As Long
lpSecurityDescriptor As Long
bInheritHandle As Long
End Type
'API Declarations
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 RegCloseKey Lib "advapi32.dll" (ByVal hKey As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function RegQueryValueEx Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "RegQueryValueExA" (ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal lpValueName As String, ByVal lpReserved As Long, ByRef lpType As Long, ByVal lpData As String, ByRef lpcbData As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function RegSetValueEx Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "RegSetValueExA" (ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal lpValueName As String, ByVal Reserved As Long, ByVal dwType As Long, ByVal lpData As String, ByVal cbData As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function RegDeleteValue Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "RegDeleteValueA" (ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal lpValueName As String) As Long
Private Declare Function RegCreateKeyEx Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "RegCreateKeyExA" (ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal lpSubKey As String, ByVal Reserved As Long, ByVal lpClass As String, ByVal dwOptions As Long, ByVal samDesired As Long, lpSecurityAttributes As SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES, phkResult As Long, lpdwDisposition As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function RegDeleteKey Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "RegDeleteKeyA" (ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal lpSubKey As String) As Long
'Types Enum Definition
Public Enum T_KeyClasses
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT = &H80000000
HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG = &H80000005
HKEY_CURRENT_USER = &H80000001
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE = &H80000002
HKEY_USERS = &H80000003
End Enum
'Constants Definition
Private Const SYNCHRONIZE = &H100000
Private Const STANDARD_RIGHTS_ALL = &H1F0000
Private Const KEY_QUERY_VALUE = &H1
Private Const KEY_SET_VALUE = &H2
Private Const KEY_CREATE_LINK = &H20
Private Const KEY_CREATE_SUB_KEY = &H4
Private Const KEY_ENUMERATE_SUB_KEYS = &H8
Private Const KEY_EVENT = &H1
Private Const KEY_NOTIFY = &H10
Private Const READ_CONTROL = &H20000
Private Const STANDARD_RIGHTS_READ = (READ_CONTROL)
Private Const STANDARD_RIGHTS_WRITE = (READ_CONTROL)
Private Const KEY_ALL_ACCESS = ((STANDARD_RIGHTS_ALL Or KEY_QUERY_VALUE Or KEY_SET_VALUE Or KEY_CREATE_SUB_KEY Or KEY_ENUMERATE_SUB_KEYS Or KEY_NOTIFY Or KEY_CREATE_LINK) And (Not SYNCHRONIZE))
Private Const KEY_READ = ((STANDARD_RIGHTS_READ Or KEY_QUERY_VALUE Or KEY_ENUMERATE_SUB_KEYS Or KEY_NOTIFY) And (Not SYNCHRONIZE))
Private Const KEY_EXECUTE = (KEY_READ)
Private Const KEY_WRITE = ((STANDARD_RIGHTS_WRITE Or KEY_SET_VALUE Or KEY_CREATE_SUB_KEY) And (Not SYNCHRONIZE))
Private Const REG_BINARY = 3
Private Const REG_CREATED_NEW_KEY = &H1
Private Const REG_DWORD = 4
Private Const REG_DWORD_BIG_ENDIAN = 5
Private Const REG_DWORD_LITTLE_ENDIAN = 4
Private Const REG_EXPAND_SZ = 2
Private Const REG_FULL_RESOURCE_DESCRIPTOR = 9
Private Const REG_LINK = 6
Private Const REG_MULTI_SZ = 7
Private Const REG_NONE = 0
Private Const REG_SZ = 1
Private Const REG_NOTIFY_CHANGE_ATTRIBUTES = &H2
Private Const REG_NOTIFY_CHANGE_LAST_SET = &H4
Private Const REG_NOTIFY_CHANGE_NAME = &H1
Private Const REG_NOTIFY_CHANGE_SECURITY = &H8
Private Const REG_OPTION_BACKUP_RESTORE = 4
Private Const REG_OPTION_CREATE_LINK = 2
Private Const REG_OPTION_NON_VOLATILE = 0
Private Const REG_OPTION_RESERVED = 0
Private Const REG_OPTION_VOLATILE = 1
Private Const REG_LEGAL_CHANGE_FILTER = (REG_NOTIFY_CHANGE_NAME Or REG_NOTIFY_CHANGE_ATTRIBUTES Or REG_NOTIFY_CHANGE_LAST_SET Or REG_NOTIFY_CHANGE_SECURITY)
Private Const REG_LEGAL_OPTION = (REG_OPTION_RESERVED Or REG_OPTION_NON_VOLATILE Or REG_OPTION_VOLATILE Or REG_OPTION_CREATE_LINK Or REG_OPTION_BACKUP_RESTORE)
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