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Re: Install Directory of another program

Nov 21st, 2008

heh. didnt help me that much :/ but dad had some code for me

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	HKEY hKey;
	DWORD buffersize = 1024;
	char* hldsloc = new char[buffersize];
	RegOpenKeyEx (HKEY_CURRENT_USER,
	"Software\\Valve\\HLServer",NULL,KEY_READ,&hKey);
	RegQueryValueEx(hKey,"InstallPath",NULL,NULL,(LPBYTE) hldsloc,&buffersize);
	RegCloseKey (hKey);
	HKEY hKey;
	DWORD buffersize = 1024;
	char* hldsloc = new char[buffersize];
	RegOpenKeyEx (HKEY_CURRENT_USER,
	"Software\\Valve\\HLServer",NULL,KEY_READ,&hKey);
	RegQueryValueEx(hKey,"InstallPath",NULL,NULL,(LPBYTE) hldsloc,&buffersize);
	RegCloseKey (hKey);