How to use Java Runtime.exec() with Windows REG utility to Read/Update/Delete entries in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\...\CurrentVersion\Run?

Programmer Question

I want to use Runtime.exec() to update the registry for HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
using the Windows REG command utility.

Need to be able to add/remove/read an entry from the "Run" key to allow my Swing application to run at startup and check if it is configured to run at startup so I can mark the option as checked or unchecked in the GUI. I had this working with JNI but the library was 32bit only so it doesn't work on 64bit. I'm thinking this will be a better approach. Don't even need to include a library this way and I don't think REG is going away or changing.

Has anyone done this before or know how to do this?

Thanks!

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