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      End Sub
+==Code snippets (v2)==
+===Registry===
+; Check if key exists
+ Private Function getXsiFromRegistry() As String()
+        Dim oRegKey As RegistryKey = Registry.CurrentUser.OpenSubKey("Software\\Softimage\\SOFTIMAGE Application")
+        Dim XsiPathInReg As String = ""
+        If oRegKey Is Nothing Then
+            XsiPathInReg = ""
+        Else
+            Dim Arr = oRegKey.GetSubKeyNames
+            For Each n In Arr
+                If InStr(n, "Softimage_Mod_Tool_7.5|Application|bin") > 0 Then
+                    XsiPathInReg = Replace(n, "|", "\")
+                    If Directory.Exists(XsiPathInReg) = False Then
+                        XsiPathInReg = ""
+                    End If
+                End If
+            Next
+            oRegKey.Close()
+        End If
+        If XsiPathInReg = "" Then
+            Return New String() {"", "notvalid"}
+        Else
+            Return New String() {XsiPathInReg, "valid"}
+        End If
+    End Function
+    If getXsiFromRegistry(1) = "valid" Then
+        MsgBox(getXsiFromRegistry(0))
+    End If
+: example of a valid, returned path: C:\Softimage\Softimage_Mod_Tool_7.5\Application\bin
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