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RegFlushKey (coredll)
 

coredll is for smart devices, not desktop Windows. Therefore, this information only applies to code using the .NET Compact Framework. To see if information for RegFlushKey in other DLLs exists, click on Find References to the right.

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Summary
Writes all the attributes of the specified open registry key into the registry.

C# Signature:

[DllImport("coredll.dll")]
public static extern int RegFlushKey(IntPtr hKey);

VB Signature:

   Declare Function RegFlushKey Lib "CoreDll.dll" (ByVal hkey As IntPtr) As UInt32

VB Demo Code:

   Declare Function RegFlushKey Lib "coredll" (ByVal hkey As IntPtr) As UInt32

   Const HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT = &H80000000
   Const HKEY_CURRENT_USER = &H80000001
   Const HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE = &H80000002
   Const HKEY_USERS = &H80000003

   RegFlushKey(HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT)
   RegFlushKey(HKEY_CURRENT_USER)
   RegFlushKey(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE)
   RegFlushKey(HKEY_USERS)

User-Defined Types:

None.

Notes:

The .NET Compact Framework does not contain a HandleRef type, so it may be necessary to call GC.KeepAlive after calling this function if the calling class wraps the hKey parameter as an unmanaged resource.

Tips & Tricks:

None.

Alternative Managed API:

RegistryKey.Flush()

Documentation
RegFlushKey on MSDN

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