>I'm having problems getting consistent access to the Windows 7 Windows Registry. I've used the Registry.vcx distributed with VFP 9.0 as well as Codemine's cmRegGetValue function and the WScript.Shell's module. I get different results with each. Each attempt is "successful" meaning that I get a return value of .T. or 0, but the value that gets returned varies. Sometimes, the stored value (a 12-character value) is returned as a 9-character string, sometime as a 10-character string followed by binary (or mixed) garbage.
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>The attached image shows a couple of examples.
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>Wonder if anyone's had similar problems and has found a work-around.

So have you actually looked in the registry to determine which method/s return the correct value ?
It may be a 64/32 bit issue - for example for a 32-bit app HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software is mapped to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/WOW6432Node so the value of what appears to be the same key can be different depending on whether you are running 64 or 32 apps.

Remember that if you want to examine registry values that are used by a 32 bit app then look in the relevant WOW6432Node