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RegistryProxy.SetValue Method

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Definition

Namespace:
Microsoft.VisualBasic.MyServices
Assembly:
Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll
Assembly:
Microsoft.VisualBasic.Forms.dll

Writes a value to a registry key.

Overloads

SetValue(String, String, Object)

Writes a value to a registry key.
SetValue(String, String, Object, RegistryValueKind)

Writes a value to a registry key.

SetValue(String, String, Object)

Writes a value to a registry key.

public:
 void SetValue(System::String ^ keyName, System::String ^ valueName, System::Object ^ value);
public void SetValue (string keyName, string valueName, object value);
member this.SetValue : string * string * obj -> unit
Public Sub SetValue (keyName As String, valueName As String, value As Object)

Parameters

keyName
String

String. Name of the key to be written to. Required.

valueName
String

String. Name of the value to be written. Required.

value
Object

Object. Value to be written. Required.

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException

value is Nothing.

ArgumentException

keyName does not begin with a valid registry root.

-or-

valueName is longer than the maximum length allowed (255 characters).

UnauthorizedAccessException

The RegistryKey is read-only and thus cannot be written to; for example, it is a root-level node, or it has not been opened with write access.

SecurityException

The user does not have the permissions required to create or modify registry keys.

Examples

This example sets the value FontColor to "red" in the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\MyCompany\Preferences.

My.Computer.Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey(
  "Software\MyCompany\Preferences", True)
My.Computer.Registry.LocalMachine.SetValue("FontColor", "red")

Remarks

If the specified key or value does not exist, it is created.

Here is an example of a task involving the My.Computer.Registry.SetValue method.

To See
Set a value in a registry key How to: Create a Registry Key and Set Its Value

See also

Applies to

SetValue(String, String, Object, RegistryValueKind)

Writes a value to a registry key.

public:
 void SetValue(System::String ^ keyName, System::String ^ valueName, System::Object ^ value, Microsoft::Win32::RegistryValueKind valueKind);
public void SetValue (string keyName, string valueName, object value, Microsoft.Win32.RegistryValueKind valueKind);
member this.SetValue : string * string * obj * Microsoft.Win32.RegistryValueKind -> unit
Public Sub SetValue (keyName As String, valueName As String, value As Object, valueKind As RegistryValueKind)

Parameters

keyName
String

String. Name of the key to be written to. Required.

valueName
String

String. Name of the value to be written. Required.

value
Object

Object. Value to be written. Required.

valueKind
RegistryValueKind

RegistryValueKind. Required.

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException

value is Nothing.

ArgumentException

keyName does not begin with a valid registry root.

-or-

keyName is longer than the maximum length allowed (255 characters).

-or-

The type of value does not match the registry data type specified by valueKind, therefore the data cannot be converted properly.

UnauthorizedAccessException

The RegistryKey is read-only, and thus cannot be written to; for example, it is a root-level node, or it has not been opened with write access.

SecurityException

The user does not have the permissions required to create or modify registry keys.

Examples

This example sets the value FontColor to "red" in the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\MyCompany\Preferences.

My.Computer.Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey(
  "Software\MyCompany\Preferences", True)
My.Computer.Registry.LocalMachine.SetValue("FontColor", "red")

Remarks

If the specified key or value does not exist, it is created.

Here is an example of a task involving the My.Computer.Registry.SetValue method.

To See
Set a value in a registry key How to: Create a Registry Key and Set Its Value

See also

Applies to