void EzRegQu(int user, const char* path, const char* keyname, char* buffer)

{

HKEY hkey;

DWORD dword;

dword = sizeof(buffer);

if (user == 1)

RegOpenKeyEx(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,path,0,KEY_ALL_ACCESS,&hkey);

else if (user == 2)

RegOpenKeyEx(HKEY_CURRENT_USER,path,0,KEY_ALL_ACCESS,&hkey);

else if (user == 3)

RegOpenKeyEx(HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT,path,0,KEY_ALL_ACCESS,&hkey);

RegQueryValueEx(hkey,keyname,NULL,NULL,(LPBYTE)buffer,&dword);

RegCloseKey(hkey);

}

 

I could've sworn this was working before, but.... it's not setting buffer to anything... why not?

You realize buffer is being passed as a parameter right?

 

It would have a value when it's first pushed onto the stack, even before the function is called.

 

Unless you worded the post incorrectly, I think the problem lies elsewhere in your code.

Buffer is an empty character string. Nothing in it. Just initalized with a certain amount of memory allocated to it.

You're setting dword to the size of a pointer. A pointer on a 32 bit architecture is ALWAYS 4 bytes. So no matter what, you're setting dword to 4.