use Win32API::Registry qw(:ALL); ... if( RegOpenKeyEx( HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, "SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Cryptography", 0, KEY_READ|0x0100, $key ) ) { RegQueryValueEx($key, "MachineGuid", [], $type, $nodeId, []); RegCloseKey( $key ); } #### #define KEY_WOW64_64KEY 0x0100 Access a 64-bit key from either a 32-bit or 64-bit application.