Registry Keys default value

[codeblue1212]

I am trying to develop a an Internet Explorer extension to do that I need to add some registry keys

So I have the following code to accomplish this:

Dim key As RegistryKey = Registry.CurrentUser.OpenSubKey("Software\\Microsoft\\Internet Explorer\\MenuExt", True)
Dim regKey As RegistryKey = key.CreateSubKey("&menuitem")

In the registry that will create a subkey menuitem and it makes a default value of nothing. I want to be able to edit that value.

If i do regKey.SetValue("(Default)", myvalue) it makes another key named (Default) and sets the value correctly, however I need to edit the original default value that is created when the key is created. The only way I can edit that value is if I do it manual through registry editor. Any suggestions?

 

[JohnH]

"(Default)" in regedit.exe is just that applications way of displaying a default name/value pair, where the name is an empty string. So regkey.SetValue("", thevalue) sets the value for the default pair.