Question

I have code below which has been working on devices of type Windows Mobile 5 and 6.1

private const string OwnerSubKey = @"ControlPanel\Owner";
regKey = CERegistry.CurrentUser.CreateSubKey(OwnerSubKey);

When I have a 6.5 device cradled and the debugger hits the line above, I get

“Type:
System.Runtime.InteropServices.ExternalException

MESSAGE:
Error writing to the RegistryKey

STACK TRACE:
at OpenNETCF.Desktop.Communication.CERegistryKey.SetValue(String name, Object value)
“

I am not sure what has changed between 6.1 and 6.5 or is it a setting on the device. SOTI was able to manipulate the registry.

I also tried the code below with same exception on the CreateSubKey.

var controlPanel = CERegistry.CurrentUser.OpenSubKey(@"ControlPanel", true);
var key = controlPanel.CreateSubKey("Owner");

If I do a GetSubKeyCount() it rightly returns the count.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks

Answer 1

I was unable to write to the registry on the 6.5 device using opennetcf.

I ended up moving the information currently in the registry into a config file that opennetcf could write to.

Has to make this change to the legacy application.