I'm having a strange issue searching the registry using GetSubKeyNames

Asked Jul 08 '14 at 21:11

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I want to search the registry to see if key names exist. One location is HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID. I used the RegistryKey.GetSubKeyNames to do my search, and the following code to verify it was working.

Dim key1 As RegistryKey = Registry.ClassesRoot.OpenSubKey("CLSID")
Dim key1SubKeySearch As String = String.Empty
For Each key1SubKeySearch In key1.GetSubKeyNames
        MsgBox(key1SubKeySearch)
Next

I thought I might be having the problem of this user: Registry GetSubKeyNames() lists different keys than Regedit? I tried his suggestion but it doesn't work either...

classesRootBase = RegistryKey.OpenBaseKey(RegistryHive.ClassesRoot, RegistryView.Default)

I still have missing results. I'm not sure what view I'm supposed to choose, perhaps that's causing my issue.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:20

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asked Jul 08 '14 at 21:11

user287848

What results are you missing? – ron tornambe Jul 08 '14 at 21:53
I had it output a list the keys in this location, and it does not match up with what I see in regedit. – user287848 Jul 08 '14 at 22:20

I'm having a strange issue searching the registry using GetSubKeyNames

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