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								| RegCloseKey The RegCloseKey function releases the handle of the specified key. | VB4-32,5,6 Declare Function RegCloseKey Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "RegCloseKey" (ByVal hKey As Long) As Long
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 | VB.NET Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey.Close
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 | Requires Windows NT 3.1 or later; Requires Windows 95 or later | 
 
 | · hKey Identifies the open key to close.
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 | If the function succeeds, the return value is ERROR_SUCCESS. 
 If the function fails, the return value is a nonzero error code defined in WINERROR.H. You can use the FormatMessage function with the FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM flag to get a generic description of the error.
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