How to check if a registry value exists using C#?

Question

How to check if a registry value exists by C# code? This is my code, I want to check if \'Start\' exists.

public static bool checkMachineType()
{
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Answer 1

        internal static Func regKey = delegate (string KeyLocation, string Value)
        {
            // get registry key with Microsoft.Win32.Registrys
            RegistryKey rk = (RegistryKey)Registry.GetValue(KeyLocation, Value, null); // KeyLocation and Value variables from method, null object because no default value is present. Must be casted to RegistryKey because method returns object.
            if ((rk) == null) // if the RegistryKey is null which means it does not exist
            {
                // the key does not exist
                return false; // return false because it does not exist
            }
            // the registry key does exist
            return true; // return true because it does exist
        };

usage:

        // usage:
        /* Create Key - while (loading)
        {
            RegistryKey k;
            k = Registry.CurrentUser.CreateSubKey("stuff");
            k.SetValue("value", "value");
            Thread.Sleep(int.MaxValue);
        }; // no need to k.close because exiting control */


        if (regKey(@"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\stuff  ...  ", "value"))
        {
             // key exists
             return;
        }
        // key does not exist