C# Signature:

[DllImport("advapi32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Unicode, EntryPoint = "RegOpenKeyEx")]
static extern int RegOpenKeyEx(
    IntPtr hKey,
    string subKey,
    uint options,
    int sam,
    out IntPtr phkResult );

VB Signature:

Declare Function RegOpenKeyEx Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "RegOpenKeyExA"(ByVal hKey As Integer, ByVal lpSubKey As String, ByVal ulOptions As Integer, ByVal samDesired As Integer, ByRef phkResult As Integer) As Integer

User-Defined Types:

None.

Notes:

If the function fails, the return value is a nonzero error code defined in Winerror.h. You can use the FormatMessage function with the FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM flag to get a generic description of the error.

uint options: reserved, must be zero.

int sam: access mask that specifies the desired access rights to the key.

values for sam:

Const KEY_QUERY_VALUE = &H1

Const KEY_SET_VALUE = &H2

Const KEY_CREATE_SUB_KEY = &H4

Const KEY_ENUMERATE_SUB_KEYS = &H8

Const KEY_NOTIFY = &H10

Const KEY_CREATE_LINK = &H20

Const KEY_WOW64_32KEY = &H200

Const KEY_WOW64_64KEY = &H100

Const KEY_WOW64_RES = &H300

For compatibility with 16-bit versions of Windows only 'RegOpenKey' is available.

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