NAME¶

RegCreateKeyExA (ADVAPI32.@)

SYNOPSIS¶

LSTATUS RegCreateKeyExA
(
HKEY hkey,
LPCSTR name,
DWORD reserved,
LPSTR class,
DWORD options,
REGSAM access,
SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES* sa,
PHKEY retkey,
LPDWORD dispos
)

DESCRIPTION¶

Open a registry key, creating it if it doesn't exist.

PARAMS¶

hkey [In] Handle of the parent registry key. name [In] Name of the new key to open or create. reserved [In] Reserved, pass 0. class [In] The object type of the new key. options [In] Flags controlling the key creation (REG_OPTION_* flags from "winnt.h"). access [In] Access level desired. sa [In] Security attributes for the key. retkey [Out] Destination for the resulting handle. dispos [Out] Receives REG_CREATED_NEW_KEY or REG_OPENED_EXISTING_KEY.

RETURNS¶

Success: ERROR_SUCCESS. Failure: A standard Win32 error code. retkey remains untouched.

FIXME¶

MAXIMUM_ALLOWED in access mask not supported by server

IMPLEMENTATION¶

Declared in "winreg.h". Implemented in "dlls/advapi32/registry.c". Debug channel "reg".