Many programs use the registry to store persistent data such as settings or user defined variables – which are really just settings, too – which can be retrieved whenever the program needs them. These settings survive, in most cases,  multiple loadings and unloadings of the program, uninstallation of the program, reinstallation of the program, update or upgrading of the program, and program crashes. This makes the registry a very valuable place to store these settings!

If you’re creating your own program, maybe you’ve already considered how you were going to save the settings. Well, saving your program’s settings to the registry is a piece of cake, and I’m going to show you how. Using the Windows Registry »