Ok, I still need help here.

I tried this code:
//--------------------------------------
public ref class Form1 : public System::Windows::Forms::Form
{
public:
 Form1(void)
 {
   InitializeComponent();
   String^ strKey;
   strKey = "Software\\Slick Co\\FancySoft 2";
   RegistryKey^ rk = nullptr;
   rk = Registry::CurrentUser->OpenSubKey(strKey);
   if (rk) {
     rk->Close();
   }
 }

protected:
 ~Form1()
 {
   String^ strKey;
   strKey = "Software\\Slick Co\\FancySoft 2";
   RegistryKey^ rk = nullptr;
   rk = Registry::CurrentUser->OpenSubKey(strKey, true);
   if (!rk)
   {
     rk->CreateSubKey(strKey);
   }
   if (rk)
   {
     rk->Close();
   }
   if (components)
   {
     delete components;
   }
}
//------------------------------------

Even though sometimes the Registry Key is non-NULL, inspecting the Registry
afterwards in the HKCU Software section does not show any new settings.

Could someone throw me a bone here?  People still use the Registry, don't
they?  This can be done in Visual C++ 2005 Express (i.e. CLR), can't it?