The _winreg Module
(Windows only, New in 2.0) The _winreg
module provides a basic interface to the Windows
registry database. Example 12-17 demonstrates the module.
Example 12-17. Using the _winreg Module
File: winreg-example-1.py import _winreg explorer = _winreg.OpenKey( _winreg.HKEY_CURRENT_USER, "Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\CurrentVersion\\Explorer" ) #list values owned by this registry key try: i = 0 while 1: name, value, type= _winreg.EnumValue(explorer, i) print repr(name), i += 1 except WindowsError: print value, type = _winreg.QueryValueEx(explorer, "Logon User Name") print print "user is", repr(value)'Logon User Name' 'CleanShutdown' 'ShellState' 'Shutdown Setting'
'Reason Setting' 'FaultCount' 'FaultTime' 'IconUnderline'...
user is u'Effbot'
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