Re^2: access 64bit registry from 32 bit Perl

Thanks for your code.

It took me some time to understand. But sorry maybe I didn't catch the point, for I didn't see how you resolve the problem of 32bit program accessing a 64bit program's registry in 64bit OS

In fact, any trying of accessing to "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Uninstall\\" will be redirected to "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\" automatically. That means I can never get content of "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Uninstall\\" branch, which is what I want using a 32bit Perl program and different from "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\"

The Perl code I wrote is like what you have written somewhat, but didn't work as I wished. I spent a lot of time to check why I didn't get the correct content as seeing from regedit. Later I understand by searching websites that the WoW64 is doing the redirecting...

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Re^3: access 64bit registry from 32 bit Perl by Anonymous Monk on May 11, 2013 at 17:26 UTC
I had a similar problem and solved it like: `use Win32API::Registry qw(:ALL); ... if( RegOpenKeyEx( HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, "SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Cryptograp +hy", 0, KEY_READ\|0x0100, $key ) ) { RegQueryValueEx($key, "MachineGuid", [], $type, $nodeId, []); RegCloseKey( $key ); }` [download] The point is `'KEY_READ\|0x0100'`. From http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa384129%28VS.85%29.aspx: `#define KEY_WOW64_64KEY 0x0100 Access a 64-bit key from either a 32-bit or 64-bit application.` [download] regards	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re^3: access 64bit registry from 32 bit Perl
by Anonymous Monk on May 11, 2013 at 17:26 UTC

use Win32API::Registry qw(:ALL);

...

if( RegOpenKeyEx( HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, "SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Cryptograp
+hy", 0, KEY_READ|0x0100, $key ) ) {
  RegQueryValueEx($key, "MachineGuid", [], $type, $nodeId, []);
  RegCloseKey( $key );
}
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'KEY_READ|0x0100'

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa384129%28VS.85%29.aspx

#define KEY_WOW64_64KEY 0x0100
    Access a 64-bit key from either a 32-bit or 64-bit application.
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