winqueryreg

Description

value = winqueryreg('name', 'rootkey', 'subkey') returns the values names in rootkey\subkey in a matrix of strings. The first argument is the literal quoted string, 'name'.

If the data retrieved from the registry is a string, winqueryreg returns a string. If the data is a 32-bit integer, winqueryreg returns the data as an integer (int32).

value = winqueryreg('key', 'rootkey', 'subkey') returns the keys names in rootkey\subkey in a matrix of strings. The first argument is the literal quoted string, 'key'.

value = winqueryreg('rootkey', 'subkey', 'valname') returns the data for value valname in rootkey\subkey.

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

NoteThe literal name argument, key argument and the rootkey argument are case-sensitive. The subkey and valname arguments are not.

supported root keys are: 'HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT', 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER', 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE', 'HKEY_USERS', 'HKEY_DYN_DATA' and 'HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG'.

and shortcut names: 'HKCR', 'HKCU', 'HKLM', 'HKU', 'HKDD' and 'HKCC'.

Examples

if getos() == 'Windows' then
    winqueryreg 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE' 'HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\' 'ProcessorNameString'

    mousechar = winqueryreg('name', 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER','control panel\mouse');
    len=size(mousechar);
    for k=1:len(1)
        setting = winqueryreg('HKEY_CURRENT_USER','control panel\mouse', mousechar(k));
        if (mousechar(k)=='') then mousechar(k)='default';,end
        str = msprintf('%s = %s', mousechar(k), string(setting));
        disp(str);
    end

    winqueryreg('HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG', 'Software\Fonts\','LogPixels')
    winqueryreg('key' ,'HKLM', 'Software\Microsoft\.NETFramework')
end

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