From: Alan Chen <Digikata@...>
Date: 2005-09-29T07:46:44+09:00
Subject: Re: where to look for API win32/registry


Alexandru Popescu wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I am trying to write a small script that cleans up the registry after starting Skype (which on
> regular basis registers itself in Run).
>
> What I am looking now is the API of Win32::Registry. Where can I find it?
>
> So far I have done this:
>
> require 'win32/registry'
> Run_branch = 'Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
> Skype_key = 'Skype'
> Win32::Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER.open(Run_branch, Win32::Registry::Constants::KEY_ALL_ACCESS) do |
> | reg |
> 	reg_typ, reg_val = reg.read(Skype_key)
> 	puts "type: #{reg_typ}"
> 	puts "val : #{reg_val}"

If you haven't built, or don't have an install of, the rdoc
documentation for Ruby, you can find it at
http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib/

Modifying and deleting is fairly easy, IIRC:

reg[Skype_key] = "new value"
reg.delete_key(Skype_key)

Cheers,
- alan