c# - Avoid Registry Wow6432Node Redirection

Question

I'm trying to insert some simple registry keys using Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey in c# but the path automatically changes from:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWARETest

to

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREWow6432NodeTest

I tried google but I only get some vague and confusing results. Has anyone dealt with this issue before? Some example code would be much appereciated.

Answer 1

You can use RegistryKey.OpenBaseKey to solve this problem:

var baseReg = RegistryKey.OpenBaseKey(RegistryHive.LocalMachine, RegistryView.Registry64);
var reg = baseReg.CreateSubKey("Software\Test");