Get the Value of a Registry Key in C#

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I am trying to get the value of a registry key. I have the following code:

const string keyName = @"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Ansoft\HFSS\2014.0\Desktop";
string value = (string)Registry.GetValue(keyName, "LibraryDirectory", null);

I keep getting null for value. Here is a screenshot of the registry key in regedit:

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:57

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See answer here: Registry.GetValue always return null

edited May 23 '17 at 11:57

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answered Oct 20 '14 at 13:55

Andrew Karpov

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I looked at that post earlier, and it did not work for me. I kept getting null on the OpenSubKey. – user2970916 Oct 20 '14 at 14:00
Did you try to set your build architecture to Any CPU? – Andrew Karpov Oct 20 '14 at 14:30
Yes it is defaulted to Any CPU and I am in Debug mode. – user2970916 Oct 20 '14 at 14:44
It was a problem with the architecture. Had to change it to x64. Thanks for the help – user2970916 Oct 20 '14 at 18:01

Get the Value of a Registry Key in C#

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