Registry is not updating

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RegistryKey autoStartOnConnKey = Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey(@"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon", true);

autoStartOnConnKey.SetValue(@"Shell", @"notepad.exe", RegistryValueKind.String);

MessageBox.show("done");

above code is working fine but there is nothing update in my registry.
i want to update shell with value notepad.exe

thanks .

Posted 29-Aug-14 0:46am

anandd.mohit

Updated 29-Aug-14 1:09am

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[no name] 29-Aug-14 10:16am

32 bit? 64 bit? You are probably looking in the wrong place.

anandd.mohit 29-Aug-14 11:05am

i am using 64-bit windows 8..
i was reading http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa384249(v=vs.85).aspx
i am not able to understand WOW64 and all.

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majid torfi · Answer 1 · 2014-08-31T17:25:00

Solution 3

C#

RegistryKey add = Registry.CurrentUser.OpenSubKey("SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Run", true);
           add.SetValue("nameprogram", "\"" + Application.ExecutablePath.ToString() + "\"");

Posted 31-Aug-14 17:25pm

majid torfi

Alan N · Answer 2 · 2014-08-29T02:02:00

Solution 2

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.win32.registrykey.close(v=vs.110).aspx[^]

Closes the key and flushes it to disk if its contents have been modified.

Alan.

Posted 29-Aug-14 2:02am

Alan N

Animesh Datta · Answer 3 · 2014-08-29T01:08:00

Solution 1

Hello ,
Try this link
Refer:Read, write and delete from registry with C#

thanks

Posted 29-Aug-14 1:08am

Animesh Datta

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anandd.mohit 29-Aug-14 7:13am

its working fine !!
but not shown any thing .. i already read your refer link.

Animesh Datta 29-Aug-14 7:26am

just download the code ,run and check

anandd.mohit 29-Aug-14 7:43am

Sir i tried many times but its giving value notepad.exe
but not showing in regedit.exe and it is not working .