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: Updating/creating a registry value, and then reading it reads the wrong value or no value at all. | : Updating/creating a registry value, and then reading it reads the wrong value or no value at all. | ||
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: Use the System plugin to invoke the [http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/sysinfo/base/regflushkey.asp RegFlushKey API function]. | : Use the System plugin to invoke the [http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/sysinfo/base/regflushkey.asp RegFlushKey API function]. | ||
Revision as of 03:02, 30 April 2005
| Author: virtlink (talk, contrib) |
- Issue
- Updating/creating a registry value, and then reading it reads the wrong value or no value at all.
- Cause
- Assumption: Changes to the registry are placed in a cache. So the changes to the registry won't be visible immideately.
- Solution
- Use the System plugin to invoke the RegFlushKey API function.
