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IQueryAssociations::GetKey method (shlwapi.h)

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Searches for and retrieves a file or protocol association-related key from the registry.

Syntax

HRESULT GetKey(
  [in]           ASSOCF   flags,
  [in]           ASSOCKEY key,
  [in, optional] LPCWSTR  pszExtra,
  [out]          HKEY     *phkeyOut
);

Parameters

[in] flags

Type: ASSOCF

The ASSOCF value that can be used to control the search.

[in] key

Type: ASSOCKEY

The ASSOCKEY value that specifies the type of key that is to be returned.

[in, optional] pszExtra

Type: LPCWSTR

A pointer to an optional null-terminated Unicode string with information about the location of the key. It is normally set to a Shell verb such as open. Set this parameter to NULL if it is not used.

[out] phkeyOut

Type: HKEY*

A pointer to the key's HKEY value.

Return value

Type: HRESULT

If this method succeeds, it returns S_OK. Otherwise, it returns an HRESULT error code.

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 Shell32.dll (version 5.0 or later)

See also

IQueryAssociations