diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.win32/library/winreg/winreg.cpp b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.win32/library/winreg/winreg.cpp
index e5c284d9437..50818020978 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.win32/library/winreg/winreg.cpp
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.win32/library/winreg/winreg.cpp
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ static jstring getKeyName(JNIEnv * env, HKEY key, jstring subkey, jint index) {
 	jstring 	result = NULL;
 
 	HKEY skey;
-	LONG rc = RegOpenKeyEx(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, (const wchar_t *)csubkey, 0, KEY_READ, &skey);
+	LONG rc = RegOpenKeyEx(key, (const wchar_t *)csubkey, 0, KEY_READ, &skey);
 	if (rc != ERROR_SUCCESS)
 		return NULL;
 	
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.win32/os/win32/x86/winreg.dll b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.win32/os/win32/x86/winreg.dll
index d80166ce1d9..451dc921d05 100644
Binary files a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.win32/os/win32/x86/winreg.dll and b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.win32/os/win32/x86/winreg.dll differ