File: winreg-example-1.py

import _winreg

explorer = _winreg.OpenKey(
    _winreg.HKEY_CURRENT_USER,
    "Software\Microsoft\WindowsCurrentVersion\Explorer"
    )

#list values owned by this registry key 
try:
    i = 0
    while 1:
      name, value, type= _winreg.EnumValue(explorer, i)
      print repr(name),
      i += 1
except WindowsError:
    print

value, type = _winreg.QueryValueEx(explorer, "Logon User Name")

print
print "user is", repr(value)


'Logon User Name' 'CleanShutdown' 'ShellState' 'Shutdown Setting'
'Reason Setting' 'FaultCount' 'FaultTime' 'IconUnderline'...

user is u'Effbot'