SHGetValueW function (shlwapi.h)
Retrieves a registry value.
Syntax
LSTATUS SHGetValueW(
[in] HKEY hkey,
[in, optional] LPCWSTR pszSubKey,
[in, optional] LPCWSTR pszValue,
[out, optional] DWORD *pdwType,
[out, optional] void *pvData,
[in, out, optional] DWORD *pcbData
);
Parameters
[in] hkey
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
[in, optional] pszSubKey
Type: LPCTSTR
The address of a null-terminated string that specifies the name of the subkey from which to retrieve the value.
[in, optional] pszValue
Type: LPCTSTR
The address of the value.
[out, optional] pdwType
Type: LPDWORD
The type of value. For more information, see Registry Data Types.
[out, optional] pvData
Type: LPVOID
The address of the destination data buffer.
[in, out, optional] pcbData
Type: LPDWORD
The size of the destination data buffer.
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 generic description of the error.
Remarks
If your application must set/retrieve a series of values in the same key, it is better to open the key once and set/retrieve the values with the regular Microsoft Win32 registry functions rather than use this function repeatedly.
Note
The shlwapi.h header defines SHGetValue as an alias which automatically selects the ANSI or Unicode version of this function based on the definition of the UNICODE preprocessor constant. Mixing usage of the encoding-neutral alias with code that not encoding-neutral can lead to mismatches that result in compilation or runtime errors. For more information, see Conventions for Function Prototypes.
Requirements
Requirement | Value |
---|---|
Minimum supported client | Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP [desktop apps only] |
Minimum supported server | Windows 2000 Server [desktop apps only] |
Target Platform | Windows |
Header | shlwapi.h |
Library | Shlwapi.lib |
DLL | Shlwapi.dll (version 4.71 or later) |