NAME¶

SHSetValueA (SHLWAPI.@)

SYNOPSIS¶

DWORD SHSetValueA
(
HKEY hKey,
LPCSTR lpszSubKey,
LPCSTR lpszValue,
DWORD dwType,
LPCVOID pvData,
DWORD cbData
)

DESCRIPTION¶

Set a value in the registry.

PARAMS¶

hKey [In] Handle to registry key. lpszSubKey [In] Name of sub key under hKey. lpszValue [In] Name of value to set. dwType [In] Type of the value. pvData [In] Data of the value. cbData [In] Size of the value.

RETURNS¶

Success: ERROR_SUCCESS. The value is set with the data given. Failure: An error code from RegCreateKeyExA(3w) or RegSetValueExA(3w).

NOTES¶

If lpszSubKey does not exist, it is created before the value is set. If lpszSubKey is NULL or an empty string, then the value is added directly to hKey instead.

IMPLEMENTATION¶

Declared in "shlwapi.h". Implemented in "dlls/shlwapi/reg.c". Debug channel "shell".