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How to get registry key of running instance of AutoCAD

Ed__Jobe — Thu, 16 May 2019 21:44:25 GMT

I need to get HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Autodesk\AutoCAD\R22.0\ACAD-1007:409\FixedProfile\General of the current instance of acad. The problem is that the section in blue can vary, for my app can run in multiple versions of acad. I can't use the exe path as an indication because that remains in "c:\program files\autodesk\autocad 2018" regardless of the vertical app. Is there a direct way of determining the proper key for FixedProfile?

Re: How to get registry key of running instance of AutoCAD

_gile — Fri, 17 May 2019 05:49:27 GMT

Hi,

Whate about using HostApplicationServices.UserRegistryProductkey?

Re: How to get registry key of running instance of AutoCAD

_gile — Fri, 17 May 2019 12:21:36 GMT

If you need to get AutoCAD registry keys from outside AutoCAD, you can see the little AutocadRegistryServices library at TheSwamp.

Re: How to get registry key of running instance of AutoCAD

Ed__Jobe — Fri, 17 May 2019 15:35:01 GMT

Thanks Gilles, that was exactly what I needed.