Code:

const

HKEYNames: array[0..6] ofstring =

('HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT',

'HKEY_CURRENT_USER',

'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE',

'HKEY_USERS',

'HKEY_PERFORMANCE_DATA',

'HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG',

'HKEY_DYN_DATA');

function StrToHKEY(const KEY: string): HKEY;

var

i: Byte;

begin

Result := $0;

for i := Low(HKEYNames) to High(HKEYNames) do

begin

if SameText(HKEYNames[i], KEY) then

Result := HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT + i;

end;

end;