You need to first add using Microsoft.Win32; to your code page.
Then you can begin to use the Registry classes:
try
{
using (RegistryKey key = Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey("Software\\Wow6432Node\\MySQL AB\\MySQL Connector\\Net"))
{
if (key != null)
{
Object o = key.GetValue("Version");
if (o != null)
{
Version version = new Version(o as String); //"as" because it's REG_SZ...otherwise ToString() might be safe(r)
//do what you like with version
}
}
}
}
catch (Exception ex) //just for demonstration...it's always best to handle specific exceptions
{
//react appropriately
}
BEWARE: unless you have administrator access, you are unlikely to be able to do much in LOCAL_MACHINE. Sometimes even reading values can be a suspect operation without admin rights.