win32reg

win32reg

Module

win32reg

Module summary

win32reg provides access to the registry on Windows

Description

win32reg provides read and write access to the registry on Windows. It is essentially a port driver wrapped around the Win32 API calls for accessing the registry.

The registry is a hierarchical database, used to store various system and software information in Windows. It is available in Windows 95 and Windows NT. It contains installation data, and is updated by installers and system programs. The Erlang installer updates the registry by adding data that Erlang needs.

The registry contains keys and values. Keys are like the directories in a file system, they form a hierarchy. Values are like files, they have a name and a value, and also a type.

Paths to keys are left to right, with sub-keys to the right and backslash between keys. (Rememb