winqueryreg

Read the Windows registry (Windows only).

Syntax

• c = winqueryreg ('name', rootkey, subkey)

• v = winqueryreg (rootkey, subkey, value_name)

• v = winqueryreg (rootkey, subkey)

Input argument

• rootkey - a string: root key.

• subkey - a string: subkey path.

• value_name - a string: name of value.

Output argument

• c - a cell of strings.

• v - a string or int32.

Description

c = winqueryreg ('name', rootkey, subkey) returns a cell of strings with key names in rootkey\subkey.

v = winqueryreg (rootkey, subkey, value_name) returns the value associated to value_name in rootkey\subkey.

If the value is a 32-bit integer, winqueryreg returns the value as int32. If this value is a string, it is a string.

v = winqueryreg (rootkey, subkey) returns value in rootkey\subkey that has no value name property.

Supported root keys:

'HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT', 'HKCR',

'HKEY_CURRENT_USER', 'HKCU',

'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE', 'HKLM',

'HKEY_USERS', 'HKU',

'HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG', 'HKCC'

Example

winqueryreg('name', 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE', 'HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System')
winqueryreg('HKLM', 'HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\1\', 'ProcessorNameString')

See also

winopen, searchenv.

History

Version	Description
1.0.0	initial version

Author

Allan CORNET