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SHEnumValue function

Applies to: desktop apps only

Enumerates the values of the specified open registry key.

Syntax

LSTATUS SHEnumValue(
  __in         HKEY hkey,
  __in         DWORD dwIndex,
  LPTSTR pszValueName,
  __inout_opt  LPDWORD pcchValueName,
  __out_opt    LPDWORD pdwType,
  LPVOID pvData,
  __inout_opt  LPDWORD pcbData
);

Parameters

hkey [in]

Type: HKEY

A handle to the currently open key, or any of the following predefined values.

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT

HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG

HKEY_CURRENT_USER

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

HKEY_PERFORMANCE_DATA

HKEY_USERS

dwIndex [in]

Type: DWORD

The index of the value to retrieve. This parameter should be zero for the first call and incremented for subsequent calls.

pszValueName

Type: LPTSTR

The address of a character buffer that receives the enumerated value name. The size of this buffer is specified in pcchValueName.

pcchValueName [in, out, optional]

Type: LPDWORD

The address of a DWORD that, on entry, contains the size of the buffer at pszValueName, in characters. On exit, this contains the number of characters that were copied to pszValueName.

pdwType [out, optional]

Type: LPDWORD

The address of a DWORD that receives the data type of the value. These are the same values as those described under the lpType parameter of RegEnumValue.

pvData

Type: LPVOID

The address of a buffer that receives the data for the value entry. The size of this buffer is specified in pcbData. This parameter can be NULL if the data is not required.

pcbData [in, out, optional]

Type: LPDWORD

The address of a DWORD that, on entry, contains the size of the buffer at pvData, in bytes. On exit, this contains the number of bytes that were copied to pvData.

Return value

Type: LSTATUS

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 textual description of the error.

Requirements

Minimum supported client

Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP

Minimum supported server

Windows 2000 Server

Header

Shlwapi.h

Library

Shlwapi.lib

DLL

Shlwapi.dll (version 4.71 or later)

Unicode and ANSI names

SHEnumValueW (Unicode) and SHEnumValueA (ANSI)

 

 

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