Get Registry key value for 32 and 64 bit machines

Here is the snippet that pulls a LOCALMACHINE\SOFTWARE

	public static string GetRegistryKey(string keyName) {
	string currentKey = String.Empty;
	using(RegistryKey key32 = Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey("SOFTWARE\\JobTracker")) {
	if (key32 != null) {
	currentKey = key32.GetValue(keyName).ToString();
	} else {
	using(var hklm = RegistryKey.OpenBaseKey(RegistryHive.LocalMachine, RegistryView.Registry64))
	using(var key64 = hklm.OpenSubKey(@ "SOFTWARE\JobTracker")) {
	currentKey = key64.GetValue(keyName).ToString();
	}
	}
	}
	return currentKey;
	}

view raw ob-registry-key.cs hosted with ❤ by GitHub

Related Posts :

registry key