DZone Snippets: registry code http://snippets.dzone.com/posts Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:05:50 GMT DZone Snippets: registry code Solution for a common problem: "Cannot write to the registry" http://snippets.dzone.com/posts/show/4055 Original (not working): <br /><code> <br /> RegistryKey reg = Registry.CurrentUser.OpenSubKey("Control Panel\\Desktop"); <br /> reg.SetValue("WallpaperStyle", "1"); //2 for stretch <br /> <br /></code> <br /> <br />Modified (working): <br /><code> <br /> RegistryKey reg = Registry.CurrentUser.OpenSubKey("Control Panel\\Desktop", true); <br /> reg.SetValue("WallpaperStyle", "1"); //2 for stretch <br /> <br /> <br /></code> Wed, 23 May 2007 12:20:00 GMT http://snippets.dzone.com/posts/show/4055 mstampar (Miroslav Stampar)