How can I convert the REG_BINARY value from the registry to a string? (Vb.net)
I have a registry value that is stored as a binary value (REG_BINARY) containing file path information. The value is read into a byte array. But how can I convert it to a readable string?
I read about system.text.encoding.ASCII.GetString (value) but it doesn't work. As far as I know, the registry value is arbitrary binary data, not ASCII, which is the reason the method generates useless data.
Does anyone know how I can convert the data?
Example: (Part of a recording)
01 00 00 00 94 00 00 00 14 00 00 00 63 00 3A 00 5C 00
70 00 72 00 6F 00 67 00 72 00 61 00 6D 00 6d 00 65 00
5C 00 67 00 65 00 6D 00 65 00 69 00 6E 00 73 00 61 00
6D 00 65 00 20 00 64 00 61 00 74 00 65 00 69 00 65 00
6E 00 5C
Because of regedit, it should be:
............c.:.\.p.r.o.g.r.a.m.m.e.\.g.e.m.e.i.n.s.a.m.e. .d.a.t.e.i.e.n.\
The entry itself was created from Outlook. This entry is for an item with an added trip (fault tolerance)
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Well, this is not arbitrary binary data - it is text data in some form of encoding. You need to find out what encoding is.
I wouldn't be surprised if it Encoding.Unicode.GetString(value)
worked, but if it doesn't, please post a sample (in hex) and I'll see what I can do. What does the documentation say about what data is put there?
EDIT: It looks like Encoding.Unicode is your friend, but starting at byte 12. Use
Encoding.Unicode.GetString(bytes, 12, bytes.Length-12)
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I also had this problem and I solved this way:
I have declared the variable as:
Dim encoding As System.Text.Encoding = System.Text.Encoding.Unicode
Then I do this in a loop:
For Each Val As String In ValueName
data = k.GetValue(Val)
ListRecent.Items.Add(Val & ": " & encoding.GetString(data))
Next
So, in a list called "ListRecent" I got a complete list of recent
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