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RegQueryInfoKeyA(3w)

NAME

RegQueryInfoKeyA (ADVAPI32.@)

SYNOPSIS

LSTATUS RegQueryInfoKeyA
(
HKEY hkey,
LPSTR class,
LPDWORD class_len,
LPDWORD reserved,
LPDWORD subkeys,
LPDWORD max_subkey,
LPDWORD max_class,
LPDWORD values,
LPDWORD max_value,
LPDWORD max_data,
LPDWORD security,
FILETIME* modif
)

DESCRIPTION

Retrieves information about a registry key.

PARAMS

hKey [In] Handle to an open key.

lpClass [Out] Class string of the key.

lpcClass [In/Out] size of lpClass.

lpReserved [In] Reserved; must be NULL.

lpcSubKeys [Out] Number of subkeys contained by the key.

lpcMaxSubKeyLen [Out] Size of the key's subkey with the longest name.

lpcMaxClassLen [Out] Size of the longest string specifying a subkey class in TCHARS.

lpcValues [Out] Number of values associated with the key.

lpcMaxValueNameLen [Out] Size of the key's longest value name in TCHARS.

lpcMaxValueLen [Out] Longest data component among the key's values.

lpcbSecurityDescriptor [Out] Size of the key's security descriptor.

lpftLastWriteTime [Out] FILETIME structure that is the last write time.

RETURNS

Success: ERROR_SUCCESS

Failure: nonzero error code from Winerror.h

IMPLEMENTATION

Declared in "winreg.h".

Implemented in "dlls/advapi32/registry.c".

Debug channel "reg".

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