The _winreg Module

(Windows only, New in 2.0) The _winreg module provides a basic interface to the Windows registry database. Example 12-17 demonstrates the module.

Example 12-17. Using the _winreg Module

File: winreg-example-1.py import _winreg explorer = _winreg.OpenKey( _winreg.HKEY_CURRENT_USER, "Software\Microsoft\WindowsCurrentVersion\Explorer" ) #list values owned by this registry key try: i = 0 while 1: name, value, type= _winreg.EnumValue(explorer, i) print repr(name), i += 1 except WindowsError: print value, type = _winreg.QueryValueEx(explorer, "Logon User Name") print print "user is", repr(value) 'Logon User Name' 'CleanShutdown' 'ShellState' 'Shutdown Setting' 'Reason Setting' 'FaultCount' 'FaultTime' 'IconUnderline'... user is u'Effbot'