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From: Maynard Philbrook
Date: Sat, 31 May 2003 03:51

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one of 2 possible problems.
 first you may not need the "\\" at the start of the save key name. because it

maybe trying to work before the root that you have already set.
for exampl
 "Software\\TheKey"
ect.
 the second possible problem is security issues.

"Roger I. O'Horan" wrote:

> Why won't this code work?
>
>  TRegistry *r;
>  r = new TRegistry();
>  r->RootKey = HKEY_CURRENT_USER;
>  r->SaveKey("\\Software\\TheKey","file.reg");
>  delete r;
>
> I have tried all sorts of possible combinations to make it write into file
> "file.reg" the contents of the registry.
>
> All it does is create an empty "file.reg" file.
>
> Your help will be greatly appreciated.
>
> R I O

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