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SHRegWriteUSValue

LONG SHRegWriteUSValue(
    HUSKEY  hUSKey,
    LPCTSTR pszValue,
    DWORD   dwType,
    LPVOID  pvData,
    DWORD   cbData,
    DWORD   dwFlags
    );

Writes a user-specific registry value.

• 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 get a generic description of the error.

hUSKey

Handle to the currently open USKEY, or any of the following predefined values:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT

HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG

HKEY_CURRENT_USER

HKEY_DYN_DATA (Windows 95 only)

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

HKEY_PERFORMANCE_DATA (Windows NT only)

HKEY_USERS

pszValue

Address of the null-terminated string that specifies the name of the value.

dwType

Type of data to be stored. This parameter must be the REG_SZ type. For more information, see HKEY_TYPE.

pvData

Address of a null-terminated string that contains the value to be set for the specified key.

cbData

Length, in bytes, of the string pointed to by the pvData parameter, not including the terminating null character.

dwFlags

Indicates whether to create/open HKCU, HKLM, or both.

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