C# writing to registry

[kss444]

I am in the process of re-writting one of our applications in C#, using framework 3.5.

Our old vb6 app saved values in an ini file, I want to change this to save the values in the registry. I have this working just fine, but another developer who works here says that it will not work with windows 7.

They were saying windows 7 uses a hive and not the registry anymore.

Can anyone here shine some light on the subject.

Thanks,

Ordinary Programmer

 

[PGO01]

I personally prefer configuration files, but if you want to write to the registry in Windows 7, you can. Your application will need to be configured to run as an administrator though.

 

[DansDadUK]

>> uses a hive and not the registry

I think that 'hives' are the component parts of the 'registry'!


>> Your application will need to be configured to run as an
>> administrator

This will only be the case if you want to write to certain branches (e.g. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE); if you want to save settings on a per-user basis, in HKEY_CURRENT_USER, there is no need for any adminstrative privilege.