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Reading from and Writing to the Registry (Visual Basic)

This topic describes task and conceptual topics that are associated with the registry.

When programming in Visual Basic, you can choose to access the registry by means of either the functions provided by Visual Basic or the registry classes of the .NET Framework. The registry hosts information from the operating system as well as information from applications hosted on the machine. Working with the registry may compromise security by allowing inappropriate access to system resources or protected information.

In This Section

  • RegistryProxy
    Lists and explains members of the My.Computer.Registry object.

  • Registry
    Presents an overview of the Registry class, along with links to individual keys and members.