How to get, compare and set a registry key value in hex

Question

I want to get the the state key value from below address in hex

RegistryKey winTrust = Registry.CurrentUser.OpenSubKey(
  @"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WinTrust\Trust Providers\Software Publishing", true);

Then compare it with 23c00 value, and if it's not the same, set it to 23c00

string currentKey = winTrust.GetValue("State").ToString();
if (!currentKey.Equals("23c00"))
 {
   winTrust.SetValue("State", "23c00", RegistryValueKind.DWord);
   winTrust.Close();
 }

It's not working as it gets and compare the decimal value.

How can I do it?

Answer 1

I found my solution.

// Convert value as a hex in a string variable
string currentKey = Convert.ToInt32(winTrust.GetValue("State").ToString()).ToString("x");
if (!currentKey.Equals("23c00"))
 {
  winTrust.SetValue("State", 0x00023c00, RegistryValueKind.DWord);
  winTrust.Close();
 }