Cannot read a Registry key

[Technical]

Hello, I'm back since quite a long time...

I'm trying to use the RegRead to read a registry key.

The proposed example is working:

Local $var = RegRead("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersion", "ProgramFilesDir")
MsgBox(4096, "Program files are in:", $var)

But I'm trying to read other keys and @error returns 1 (unable to open requested key).

I'm running as admin (with #RequireAdmin at the beginning of the script).

 

#RequireAdmin

Local $path = RegRead ( "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREAVAST SoftwareAvast", "ProgramFolder")

MsgBox(4096, "The avast! path is:", $path)

#RequireAdmin

Local $var = RegRead("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREGRETECHGomPlayer", "ProgramFolder")
MsgBox(4096, "The GOM path is:", $var)

 

What am I doing wrong?

How to achieve reading that keys?

I'm on Windows 8.1 x64.

Thanks.

Edited December 2, 2013 by Technical

[Jos]

Try reading the x64 hive as you probably are running the x86 version of AutoIt3:

#RequireAdmin
Local $path = RegRead ( "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE64\SOFTWARE\AVAST Software\Avast", "ProgramFolder")
MsgBox(4096, "The avast! path is:", $path)

Jos

[Technical]

It does not seem to be this. I'm running:

AutoIt3_x64.exe "my_script" with Local $path = RegRead ( "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE64SOFTWAREAVAST SoftwareAvast", "ProgramFolder")

or

AutoIt3.exe,exe "my_script" with Local $path = RegRead ( "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREAVAST SoftwareAvast", "ProgramFolder")

and I'm getting the same results.

I also compiled the script for x64 and x32 (with proper hives on them) and got nothing.

I'll also have to discover how to detect x32 or x64 to automate...

Thanks for your help.