Function name: SHSetValue

Defined in : SHLWAPI

Requirements : Windows 2000 (or Windows NT 4.0 with Internet Explorer 4.0 or later); Windows 98 (or Windows 95 with Internet Explorer 4.0 or later)

Declaration:

Declare Function SHSetValue Lib "SHLWAPI.DLL" Alias "SHSetValueA" (ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal pszSubKey As String, ByVal pszValue As String, ByVal dwType As Long, pvData As String, ByVal cbData As Long) As Long

Parameters:

* hkey Handle to the currently open key, or any of the following predefined values: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG HKEY_CURRENT_USER HKEY_DYN_DATA (Windows 95 only) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE HKEY_PERFORMANCE_DATA (Windows NT only) HKEY_USERS * pszSubKey Address of a null-terminated string that specifies the name of the subkey with which a value is associated. This can be NULL or a pointer to an empty string. In this case, the value will be added to the key identified by the hKey parameter. * pszValue Address of a null-terminated string that specifies the value. * dwType Type of data to be stored. This parameter must be the REG_SZ type. For more information, see Registry Data Types. * pvData Address of a null-terminated string that contains the value to set for the specified key. * cbData Length, in bytes, of the string pointed to by the pvData parameter, not including the terminating null character.

Returns:

Returns ERROR_SUCCESS if successful, or a nonzero error code defined in Winerror.h otherwise. You can use the FormatMessage function with the FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM flag to retrieve a generic description of the error.

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