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The windows registry
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Title: The windows registry
Question: How can I work with the windows registry?
Answer:
{ Here's an example of how to use the windows registry; }
uses
Registry, Windows;
procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
Registry: TRegistry;
begin
{ create TRegistry Object }
Registry := TRegistry.Create;
{ set the rootkey; e.g. hkey_local_machine or hkey_current_user }
Registry.RootKey := hkey_local_machine;
{ opens and create the key }
Registry.OpenKey('software\MyRegistryExample',true);
{ write value }
Registry.WriteString('MyRegistryName','MyRegistry Value');
{ close and free the key }
Registry.CloseKey;
Registry.Free;
end;
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