How to write Binary Data “as is” to Registry (ie: i have visible binary data as string from regedit only)

Question

I have been googling this and have not come along a working solution for an entire day. I don\'t know anything about binary data types (as I\'ve never knowingly used them) a

Answer 1

There is no need to use APIs for this. There is a registry class built into the .NET framework

Try this code and let me know what happens:

Dim rk = Registry.CurrentUser.OpenSubKey("KEY_TO_OPEN", True)
rk.SetValue("BinaryValue", New Byte() {10, 43, 44, 45, 14, 255}, _
            RegistryValueKind.Binary)
rk.Close()

You can also read the Registry documentation on MSDN for more information.