diff --git a/stepmania/src/StepMania.vcproj b/stepmania/src/StepMania.vcproj
index 6148e8a960..cb6ba378a0 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/StepMania.vcproj
+++ b/stepmania/src/StepMania.vcproj
@@ -1159,6 +1159,12 @@ cl /Zl /nologo /c verstub.cpp /Fo"$(IntDir)"\
 				<File
 					RelativePath="archutils\Win32\GotoURL.h">
 				</File>
+				<File
+					RelativePath="archutils\Win32\RegistryAccess.cpp">
+				</File>
+				<File
+					RelativePath="archutils\Win32\RegistryAccess.h">
+				</File>
 				<File
 					RelativePath="archutils\Win32\RestartProgram.cpp">
 				</File>
diff --git a/stepmania/src/archutils/Win32/RegistryAccess.cpp b/stepmania/src/archutils/Win32/RegistryAccess.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cd3411620e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stepmania/src/archutils/Win32/RegistryAccess.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+#include "global.h"
+#include "RegistryAccess.h"
+#include "RageLog.h"
+#include "RageUtil.h"
+
+/* Given "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\hardware\foo", return "hardware\foo", and place
+ * the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE constant in key. */
+static bool GetRegKeyType( const CString &in, CString &out, HKEY &key )
+{
+	unsigned backslash = in.find( '\\' );
+	if( backslash == in.npos )
+	{
+		LOG->Warn( "Invalid registry key: \"%s\" ", in.c_str() );
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	CString type = in.substr( 0, backslash );
+
+	if( !type.CompareNoCase( "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT" ) )		key = HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT;
+	else if( !type.CompareNoCase( "HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG" ) )	key = HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG;
+	else if( !type.CompareNoCase( "HKEY_CURRENT_USER" ) )	key = HKEY_CURRENT_USER;
+	else if( !type.CompareNoCase( "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE" ) )	key = HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE;
+	else if( !type.CompareNoCase( "HKEY_USERS" ) )			key = HKEY_USERS;
+	else
+	{
+		LOG->Warn( "Invalid registry key: \"%s\" ", in.c_str() );
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	out = in.substr( backslash+1 );
+
+	return true;
+}
+
+/* Given a full key, eg. "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\hardware\foo", open it and return it.
+ * On error, return NULL. */
+static HKEY OpenRegKey( const CString &key )
+{
+	CString subkey;
+	HKEY type;
+	if( !GetRegKeyType( key, subkey, type ) )
+		return NULL;
+
+	HKEY retkey;
+	LONG retval = RegOpenKeyEx( type, subkey, 0, KEY_READ, &retkey );
+	if ( retval != ERROR_SUCCESS )
+	{
+		LOG->Warn( werr_ssprintf(retval, "RegOpenKeyEx(%i,%s) error", type, subkey.c_str()) );
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	return retkey;
+}
+
+bool GetRegValue( const CString &key, const CString &sName, CString &val )
+{
+	HKEY hkey = OpenRegKey( key );
+	if( hkey == NULL )
+		return false;
+
+	char sBuffer[MAX_PATH];
+	DWORD nSize = sizeof(sBuffer);
+	DWORD Type;
+	LONG ret = RegQueryValueEx( hkey, sName, NULL, &Type, (LPBYTE)sBuffer, &nSize );
+	RegCloseKey( hkey );
+	if( ret != ERROR_SUCCESS )
+		return false;
+
+	/* Actually, CStrings are 8-bit clean, so we can accept any type of data.  Remove
+	 * this if that becomes useful. */
+	if( Type != REG_SZ && Type != REG_MULTI_SZ && Type != REG_EXPAND_SZ && Type != REG_BINARY )
+		return false; /* type mismatch */
+
+	if( nSize && (Type == REG_SZ || Type == REG_MULTI_SZ || Type == REG_EXPAND_SZ) )
+		--nSize; /* remove nul terminator */
+
+	val = CString( sBuffer, nSize );
+	return true;
+}
+
+bool GetRegValue( const CString &key, CString sName, int &val )
+{
+	HKEY hkey = OpenRegKey( key );
+	if( hkey == NULL )
+		return false;
+
+	DWORD value;
+	DWORD nSize = sizeof(value);
+	DWORD Type;
+	LONG ret = RegQueryValueEx( hkey, sName, NULL, &Type, (LPBYTE) &value, &nSize );
+	RegCloseKey( hkey );
+	if( ret != ERROR_SUCCESS ) 
+		return false;
+	
+	if( Type != REG_DWORD )
+		return false; /* type mismatch */
+
+	val = value;
+	return true;
+}
+
+bool GetRegSubKeys( const CString &key, vector<CString> &lst, const CString &regex, bool bReturnPathToo )
+{
+	HKEY hkey = OpenRegKey( key );
+	if ( hkey == NULL )
+		return false;
+
+	Regex re(regex);
+
+	bool bError = false;
+	for( int index = 0; ; ++index )
+	{
+		FILETIME ft;
+		char szBuffer[MAX_PATH];
+		DWORD nSize = sizeof(szBuffer);
+		LONG ret = RegEnumKeyEx( hkey, index, szBuffer, &nSize, NULL, NULL, NULL, &ft);
+		if( ret == ERROR_NO_MORE_ITEMS )
+			break;
+
+		if( ret != ERROR_SUCCESS )
+		{
+			LOG->Warn( werr_ssprintf(ret, "GetRegSubKeys(%p,%i) error", hkey, index) );
+			bError = true;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		CString str( szBuffer, nSize );
+
+		if( re.Compare(str) )
+		{
+			if( bReturnPathToo )
+				str = key + "\\" + str;
+			lst.push_back( str );
+		}
+	}
+
+	RegCloseKey( hkey );
+
+	return !bError;
+}
diff --git a/stepmania/src/archutils/Win32/RegistryAccess.h b/stepmania/src/archutils/Win32/RegistryAccess.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c3bc97356c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stepmania/src/archutils/Win32/RegistryAccess.h
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#ifndef REGISTRY_ACCESS_H
+#define REGISTRY_ACCESS_H
+
+#include "windows.h"
+bool GetRegValue( const CString &key, const CString &sName, CString &val );
+bool GetRegValue( const CString &key, CString sName, int &val );
+bool GetRegSubKeys( const CString &key, vector<CString> &lst, const CString &regex = ".*", bool bReturnPathToo = true );
+
+#endif