wxRegKey & subkeys Topic is solved

[albinoblacksheep]

Hi all,

I am actually struggeling with subkeys underneath HKLM\Software:

The following code

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    // This assumes that the key already exists, use HasSubKey() to check
    // for the key existence if necessary.
    wxRegKey key(wxRegKey::HKLM, "Software");

    // Create a new value "MyValue" and set it to 12.
    //key.SetValue("InstallLocation", 12);
    // Read the value back.
    //long value;
    //key.QueryValue("SOFTWARE", &value);
    //wxLogMessage("Registry value: %ld", value);
    // Enumerate the subkeys.
    wxString keyName;
    long index = 0;
    for ( bool cont = key.GetFirstKey(keyName, index);
        cont;
        cont = key.GetNextKey(keyName, index) )
        {
            wxLogMessage("Subkey name: %s", keyName);
        }

returns

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3:14:11: Subkey name: AGEIA Technologies
23:14:11: Subkey name: Arduino
23:14:11: Subkey name: Atmel
23:14:11: Subkey name: AVM
23:14:11: Subkey name: Blackmagic Design
23:14:11: Subkey name: Blizzard Entertainment
23:14:11: Subkey name: Caphyon
23:14:11: Subkey name: Google
23:14:11: Subkey name: iDealshare
23:14:11: Subkey name: InstallShield
23:14:11: Subkey name: Intel
23:14:11: Subkey name: ITEAD
23:14:11: Subkey name: Khronos
23:14:11: Subkey name: Macromedia
23:14:11: Subkey name: Microchip
23:14:11: Subkey name: Microsoft
23:14:11: Subkey name: Mobatek
23:14:11: Subkey name: Mozilla
23:14:11: Subkey name: MSI
23:14:11: Subkey name: MSI Remind Manager
23:14:11: Subkey name: Nextcloud GmbH
23:14:11: Subkey name: Norton
23:14:11: Subkey name: NVIDIA Corporation
23:14:11: Subkey name: OBS Studio
23:14:11: Subkey name: ODBC
23:14:11: Subkey name: Overwolf
23:14:11: Subkey name: Realtek
23:14:11: Subkey name: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
23:14:11: Subkey name: Samsung
23:14:11: Subkey name: SSDIAG
23:14:11: Subkey name: SSScan
23:14:11: Subkey name: Symantec
23:14:11: Subkey name: Ultimaker B.V.
23:14:11: Subkey name: Unwinder
23:14:11: Subkey name: Valve
23:14:11: Subkey name: Volatile
23:14:11: Subkey name: Classes
23:14:11: Subkey name: Clients
23:14:11: Subkey name: Policies
23:14:11: Subkey name: RegisteredApplications

(40 subkeys)

but in regedit I count 46 subkeys under HKLM\Software.

regedit

Even if I run the code as admin only 40 subkeys are returned.
What I am missing here that some subkeys are swallowed?

BR

[doublemax]

From inside a 32 bit application on a 64bit OS you will only "see" the keys inside the "Wow6432Node". Check the entries there, they should match the output of your code.

[albinoblacksheep]

Sounds plausible. Thanks a lot!

BR

[albinoblacksheep]

Sorry that I have to reask. As far I understand the documentation I should be able to access the 64bit keys from a 32bit application using WOW64ViewMode_64. However, the following code does not work:

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    wxRegKey key(wxRegKey::HKLM, "Software\\81bfc699-f883-50c7-b674-2483b6baae23",wxIsPlatform64Bit() ? wxRegKey::WOW64ViewMode_64 : wxRegKey::WOW64ViewMode_Default);

    // Enumerate the subkeys.
    wxString keyName;
    long index = 0;
    for ( bool cont = key.GetFirstKey(keyName, index);
        cont;
        cont = key.GetNextKey(keyName, index) )
        {
            wxLogMessage("Subkey name: %s", keyName);
        }

Here it makes also no difference if the code is being executed with admin privileges or not. The machine is running on 64bit, the code is compiled as 32bit (it seems actually to be a horrific task to compile wxwidgets 3.1.3 in 64bit).

[doublemax]

Does the "81bfc699-f883-50c7-b674-2483b6baae23" even exist? Without it, the code works for me.

[albinoblacksheep]

Yes, as you can see on the screenshot above. That's why I am confused

[albinoblacksheep]

(And yes, it has values underneath of type REG_SZ)

[albinoblacksheep]

Found further hints, will investigate further. Problem is error 234 which has nothing to do with my initial problem, thx