C# 2008 Can't Read/Write to the Registry?

I have the following code which should read/write from the registry but it seems it doesn't do anything and C# 2008 doesn't report any errors.

Here is the write sequence:

pb8.Value = (pb8.Value + 1);
RegistryKey registry = Registry.LocalMachine.CreateSubKey(@"SOF...
if (registry != null)
{
registry.SetValue("TheValue", pb8.Value);
registry.Close();
}

And here is the read sequence:

RegistryKey registry = Registry.LocalMachine.CreateSubKey(@"SOF...
if (registry != null)
{
pb8.Value = Convert.ToInt32(registry.GetValue("TheVa...
registry.Close();
}
tmrBegin.Enabled = false;

Note: pb8 is a progress bar, which I'm using to read/write the registry value into. Also, this
code is placed into two timers, so the value of pb8 is increased by 1 every second.

 

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Hi,

I have the following code which should read/write from the registry but it seems it doesn't do anything and C# 2008 doesn't report any errors.

Here is the write sequence:

Code:

pb8.Value = (pb8.Value + 1);
RegistryKey registry = Registry.LocalMachine.CreateSubKey(@"SOFTWARE\\Test");
if (registry != null)
{
registry.SetValue("RegisteredOwner", pb8.Value);
registry.Close();
}

And here is the read sequence:

Code:

RegistryKey registry = Registry.LocalMachine.CreateSubKey(@"SOFTWARE\\Test");
if (registry != null)
{
pb8.Value = Convert.ToInt32(registry.GetValue("RegisteredOwner"));
registry.Close();
}
tmrBegin.Enabled = false;

Note: pb8 is a progress bar, which I'm using to read/write the registry value into. Also, this
code is placed into two timers, so the value of pb8 is increased by 1 every second.