How to check that registry key exists

[Ed P.]

hello, I want to check to see if a certain registry key exists on the registry. What's the easiest way to do this. Here is what I am currently doing.
private string registryKey = @"HKEY_LOCAL_MA CHINE\Software\ Techtracker"
if(registryKey. Equals(Registry .Localmachine.C reateKey("Softw are").CreateKey ("Techtracker") .Name)

MessageBox.Show ("Registry Key Exists")

els

MessageBox.Show ("Registry Key doesn't Exists")
I also tried using registryKey.Equ als(Registry.Lo calmachine.Open Key("Software") .OpenKey("Techt racker").Name), but this gives me an error. Any ideas or feed on this will be greatly appreciated.

[DalePres]

Microsoft.Win32 .RegistryKey subKey =
Microsoft.Win32 .Registry.Local Machine.OpenSub Key(Software\\T echTracker);

If (subKey != null)

{

MessageBox.Show ("Registry Key exists");

}

else

{

MessageBox.Show ("Registry Key does not exist");

}

Dale
"Ed P." <an*******@disc ussions.microso ft.com> wrote in message
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hello, I want to check to see if a certain registry key exists on the registry. What's the easiest way to do this. Here is what I am currently
doing. private string registryKey = @"HKEY_LOCAL_MA CHINE\Software\ Techtracker";
if(registryKey. Equals(Registry .Localmachine.C reateKey("Softw are").CreateKey (
"Techtracker"). Name)) {
MessageBox.Show ("Registry Key Exists");
}
else
{
MessageBox.Show ("Registry Key doesn't Exists");
}

I also tried using

registryKey.Equ als(Registry.Lo calmachine.Open Key("Software") .OpenKey("Techt r
acker").Name), but this gives me an error. Any ideas or feed on this will
be greatly appreciated.

[Ed P.]

Thanks dale, this seems to do the trick for what I was looking for!