win32api question

[Bill Tutt]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: tony roth [mailto:roth at teleport.com]
> 
> I do the following
> 
> import win32api
> import win32con
> rk=win32api.RegConnectRegistry('blmw2ktr',win32con.HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE)
> test=win32api.RegQueryValueEx(rk,"software")
> 


This happens because "HKLM\Software" is a key, and not a value.
If you want the default value assigned to the Software key, then use
RegQueryValue(). If you want to get an HKEY for the Software key then use
RegOpenKeyEx().

Bill