Working with the Windows Registry in C++ - Final Words
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That’s all – we’ve arrived at the end of this tutorial. We have explored the ways we can manage and work with the Windows Registry without additional libraries, relying totally on the built-in functions. We have included examples and code snippets to describe their correct usage.
Then as we became more and more familiar with working with the registry in C++, we also created a recursive enumeration method and a dumping function. You can use the latter to export hives or parts of your registry to a file. Later on, you can also import them, of course. However, this required us to look into and endeavor into the somewhat dark world of special privileges and find a means of implementation.
On the previous page you could also download the source of the project we coded during this tutorial if you experienced some difficulty in following along. Check out the screenshot below to see its output in a command prompt – that’s what it did for me (under a non-Vista platform).
Please do understand that this tutorial mainly targets the beginner or intermediate programmer-- generally C++ coders that are familiar with the syntax of language but haven’t had the chance to work with the registry yet. Therefore, I started almost from the beginning but leaped ahead assuming that the reader is able to follow along. It doesn’t target the pros.
The registry is, as I said, a very critical part of Windows. It acts like a huge database storing configuration data about applications and lots of additional information such as group policies, associates, and such. Whether you are designing a stand-alone application that works on Windows or just writing a simple script for administrative purposes, you can bet that working with the registry could make your job easier.
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