programmatically merge .reg file into win32 registry

Question

What\'s the best way to programmatically merge a .reg file into the registry? This is for unit testing; the .reg file is a test artifact which will be added then removed at

Answer 1

Use the Win32 API function ShellExecute() or ShellExecuteEx(). If the comment is 'open' it should merge the .reg file. I haven't tested it, but it should work.