>This may or may not be a WinAPI issue, but am looking for guidance as to how to read/write to the NT/Win2000 registry.
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>Under Win95/98/ME, a typical .ini file section would appear as:-
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>[Compression]
>bCompressContents=1
>bCompressColor=1
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>I currently access the data by converting the .ini file to a table and performing basic VFP functions to locate, replace with new value, etc, then using STRTOFILE() to save and overwrite the original .ini file, which is a simple but unsophisticated way of getting a result.
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>How does one approach the same problem in NT/Win2000 please?
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>TIA
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Dennis,

Dan has given you the answer. I would, however, note that under NT/2K certain hives may not be writable depending on whether or not the user has administrative rights to the computer. If he/she does not, HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT may not be available for writing.