C#, Bad characters when reading registry value

Question

I use this code to read values from the registry:

appManufacturer = (string)subKey.GetValue("Publisher");

This is result:

The value in the registry looks like this:

When I looked at the string during debugging value was "Microsoft \0". Why? Where did "\0" comes from? What do i do wrong here?

Its always been there ... [Related: What does the \0 symbol mean in a C string?](http://stackoverflow.com/q/4711449/1324033) — Sayse, Oct 29 '15 at 12:02
@Sayse While that explains what it is, it doesn't explain why it's there. If registries store the null-character, then one would expect the .NET library to handle that automatically. That being said, I've accessed registry entries via .NET and never encountered the null-char, so something seems fishy about this entry. — Rob, Oct 29 '15 at 12:26
@Rob - I was more trying to just explain what it was rather than offer a solution — Sayse, Oct 29 '15 at 12:29

zXSwordXz · Answer 1 · 2015-10-29T20:13:34.683

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The below code will allow you to get a registry value.

    string keyname = "SAVCE";
    Console.WriteLine(Read(keyname));    

    public static string Read(string KeyName)
    {
        using (RegistryKey registryKey = Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey(@"Software\Symantec\InstalledApps"))
        {
            return (string)registryKey.GetValue(KeyName);
        }

    }

edited Oct 29 '15 at 20:13

answered Oct 29 '15 at 12:31

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