How to create new DWORD value in Windows Registry?

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How to create a new DWORD value into Windows Registry?

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Re: How to create new DWORD value in Windows Registry? by gellyfish (Monsignor) on Sep 07, 2005 at 09:09 UTC
You probably want to use Win32::TieRegistry. /J\	[reply]
Re^2: How to create new DWORD value in Windows Registry? by puploki (Hermit) on Sep 07, 2005 at 09:18 UTC
The following code snippett should give you the right idea: `use strict; use warnings; use use Win32::TieRegistry ( Delimiter => "/", ArrayValues => 1 ); my $rootkey = "LMachine/Software/Microsoft/Windows NT/CurrentVersion/W +inlogon"; $Registry->{"$rootkey//testkey"} = "foobar";` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: How to create new DWORD value in Windows Registry? by Anonymous Monk on Sep 07, 2005 at 11:10 UTC
Yes, got your idea. thank you. `my $rootkey = "LMachine/Software/Microsoft/Windows NT/CurrentVersion/W +inlogon"; $Registry->{"$rootkey//testkey2"} = [pack("L",0), "REG_DWORD"];` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: How to create new DWORD value in Windows Registry? by inman (Curate) on Sep 07, 2005 at 11:08 UTC
You would have thought that they would have a section on Adding Keys? Especially with a code examples that shows adding keys in all of the registry data types.	[reply]