From ca21b0fb3ac612a31276377ead7d3cc7a47e6890 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: PierreCsn <cosson.pierre@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2026 11:33:39 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] refactor: simplify registry reads with setuphelpers

---
 setup.py | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0530cc4..0b8bdc1 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -63,10 +63,11 @@ def _read_value(path, name):
     subkey = _registry_path(path)
     if not reg_key_exists(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, subkey):
         return {'Exists': False, 'Value': None}
-    if not reg_value_exists(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, subkey, name):
-        return {'Exists': False, 'Value': None}
+    missing = object()
     with reg_openkey_noredir(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, subkey) as key:
-        value = reg_getvalue(key, name)
+        value = reg_getvalue(key, name, default=missing)
+    if value is missing:
+        return {'Exists': False, 'Value': None}
     if value is None:
         raise RuntimeError('Registry value disappeared while it was being read: %s' % name)
     try: