How do I access the Windows registry through the preferences API?
On Windows, the preferences API makes use of a DLL to access program-specific properties in the Windows Registry. The following example uses reflection to access private native methods in the preferences API and allows you to get REG_SZ values from the Windows Registry. For example, to get the IE start page on my machine, I executed: This code sample is only viewable to esus.com members Login or become a member! It’s a demonstration and works only with JDK1.4. Use at your own risk. Main.java: This code sample is only viewable to esus.com members Login or become a member! Further Information Author of answer: Joris Van den Bogaert Comments Comments to this answer are only viewable by members. Login or become a member!
