Thanks David, that is pretty much what I was looking for.

>Bud,
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>I think the standard is to add your company name in the key:
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>\hkey_current_user\software\Your Company Name Here\Your App Name Here\TheKeyName
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>I think hkey_current_user is for customization preferences for each user of the machine. hkey_local_machine is for keys common to all users
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>>>>I would like to create a unique id on each users machine whenever my app runs for the first time. I was thinking that I would make an entry under hkey_local_machine\software\myapp. Is that the right approach?