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SHGetValueA(3w)

NAME

SHGetValueA (SHLWAPI.@)

SYNOPSIS

DWORD SHGetValueA
(
HKEY hKey,
LPCSTR lpszSubKey,
LPCSTR lpszValue,
LPDWORD pwType,
LPVOID pvData,
LPDWORD pcbData
)

DESCRIPTION

Get a value from the registry.

PARAMS

hKey [In] Handle to registry key.

lpszSubKey [In] Name of sub key containing value to get.

lpszValue [In] Name of value to get.

pwType [Out] Pointer to the values type.

pvData [Out] Pointer to the values data.

pcbData [Out] Pointer to the values size.

RETURNS

Success: ERROR_SUCCESS. Output parameters contain the details read.

Failure: An error code from RegOpenKeyExA(3w) or SHQueryValueExA(3w).

IMPLEMENTATION

Declared in "shlwapi.h".

Implemented in "dlls/shlwapi/reg.c".

Debug channel "shell".

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