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Asked: 2026-05-12T09:42:13+00:00

I’m trying to read values from the registry but somehow I seem to be

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I’m trying to read values from the registry but somehow I seem to be getting the wrong registry. I can’t read from any keys that I create and changing the values of keys that I am able to get seems to have no effect.

I’m using Registry.GetValue to get the values and it is returning either null for my keys or the original value for the keys that I changed.

I’m reading the values in an aspx page. The OS is Windows Server 2003 SP2 64bit. IIS is running in 32bit. I’m not sure what other information might be relevant here.

Any information on how this can happen and what I can do about it is appreciated.

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  1. Editorial Team

    If IIS is running in 32-bit mode on a 64-bit server, it will be accessing the WOW64 registry. Try setting values under HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node instead, which will map to a 32-bit process’s view of HKLM\Software

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