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Stevo · Mar 24th, 2005, 3:50 PM

Hello, I'm currently attempting to create a program that can edit registry keys. I've managed to get C++ to export the registry to the file "registry.REG"
, but I can't get fopen to open the file. I'm new to C programming, so any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks.

Benoit · Mar 24th, 2005, 4:04 PM

What happens when you try to open them? Post your code

jorgen_i · Mar 24th, 2005, 4:56 PM

Make sure the name's right. Make sure the files' in the same directory as the executable OR that the filename is preceeded by the appropriate path. If fopen fails, check it's error status, maybe with perror() to see why it failed. In some cases you have to change a file's attributes to make sure it's readable. In some cases the file may be in use by another process. Checking error staus will point these things out.

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Stevo Newbie Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	Can't open .REG files with fopen. Hello, I'm currently attempting to create a program that can edit registry keys. I've managed to get C++ to export the registry to the file "registry.REG" , but I can't get fopen to open the file. I'm new to C programming, so any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks.

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Mar 24th, 2005, 4:56 PM	#3
jorgen_i Newbie Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 11 Rep Power: 0	Make sure the name's right. Make sure the files' in the same directory as the executable OR that the filename is preceeded by the appropriate path. If fopen fails, check it's error status, maybe with perror() to see why it failed. In some cases you have to change a file's attributes to make sure it's readable. In some cases the file may be in use by another process. Checking error staus will point these things out.

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Can't open .REG files with fopen.