Attribute VB_Name = "registry"







Sub readRegistry()
    Dim regkey As String
    regkey = "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\7-Zip\Path"
    Debug.Print RegKeyRead(regkey)
End Sub





'reads the value for the registry key i_RegKey
'if the key cannot be found, the return value is ""
Function RegKeyRead(i_RegKey As String) As String
Dim myWS As Object

  On Error Resume Next
  'access Windows scripting
  Set myWS = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
  'read key from registry
  RegKeyRead = myWS.RegRead(i_RegKey)
End Function


'returns True if the registry key i_RegKey was found
'and False if not
Function RegKeyExists(i_RegKey As String) As Boolean
Dim myWS As Object

  On Error GoTo ErrorHandler
  'access Windows scripting
  Set myWS = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
  'try to read the registry key
  myWS.RegRead i_RegKey
  'key was found
  RegKeyExists = True
  Exit Function
  
ErrorHandler:
  'key was not found
  RegKeyExists = False
End Function


'sets the registry key i_RegKey to the
'value i_Value with type i_Type
'if i_Type is omitted, the value will be saved as string
'if i_RegKey wasn't found, a new registry key will be created
Sub RegKeySave(i_RegKey As String, _
               i_Value As String, _
      Optional i_Type As String = "REG_SZ")
  Dim myWS As Object

  'access Windows scripting
  Set myWS = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
  'write registry key
  myWS.RegWrite i_RegKey, i_Value, i_Type

End Sub



'deletes i_RegKey from the registry
'returns True if the deletion was successful,
'and False if not (the key couldn't be found)
Function RegKeyDelete(i_RegKey As String) As Boolean
Dim myWS As Object

  On Error GoTo ErrorHandler
  'access Windows scripting
  Set myWS = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
  'delete registry key
  myWS.RegDelete i_RegKey
  'deletion was successful
  RegKeyDelete = True
  Exit Function

ErrorHandler:
  'deletion wasn't successful
  RegKeyDelete = False
End Function