How to add a new folder in Windows 2008 Server Registry

I need to add a new registry entry. But first I need an existing folder under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ in order to place that new entry into. I don't see a way to create a new folder under SOFTWARE. I'm new to messing with the registry outside of simple tweaks...I'm a C# Developer. This key will be retrieved in some of our C# code.

Solution 1:

You right-click on SOFTWARE (under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE) and choose New -> Key then give it a name. Then you right click on that and choose New -> XX Value, based on the type of entry you want to add.

Folders are the pictoral representative of a Key. Entries under keys are called Values.