Hi Belinda,

I think you can do that with VB's GetSetting command if
you are using Excel 97 or later. Try this handy link...

http://j-walk.com/ss/excel/tips/tip60.htm

-----Original Message-----
I have a registry key for a 3rd party application located
under
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE but I cannot hardcode the key since
all I know of
the registry key is HYP in different versions the path is
different is
there a simple way of searching the registry for the path
of this key
and then find the value in this key.

Thanks
Belinda
.