INFO: Understanding Why RegSaveKey Fails

• Microsoft Win32 Application Programming Interface (API), used with:
  • Microsoft Windows NT versions 3.51, 4.0
  • Microsoft Windows 95, version 4.0
  • Microsoft Windows 2000

SUMMARY

The RegSaveKey API can be used to save a registry key and all of its subkeys to a specified file. The API creates the file in the following manner depending upon which operating system it is running on:

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   |                  |    WINDOWS 95           |WINDOWS NT/WINDOWS 2000|
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   | File attributes | archive, hidden,         | archive               |
   |                 | read-only, system        |                       |
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   | Location of     | Created in the windows   | Created in the        |
   | saved registry  | directory for both local | current directory     |
   | file if no path | and remote keys.         | of the process for a  |
   | is specified.   |                          | local key, and in the |
   |                 |                          | %systemroot%\system32 |
   |                 |                          | for a remote key.     |
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   | Error returned  | error code 1016,         | error code 183,       |
   | if file already | ERROR_REGISTRY_IO_FAILED | ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS  |
   | exists.         |                          |                       |
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Additional query words: 3.51 4.00 Win95 kbdss

Keywords : kbKernBase kbWinOS2000 kbRegistry kbDSupport kbGrpKernBase
Version : winnt:3.51,4.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbinfo