Windows Registry Problem in Win98

Hi all,

  I got no problem runing the following script in WinXP but it trown
exception in Win98. Any ideas ?

Thanks

    int li_index = 0;
    String ls_install_path = "";

      try{

        li_index = Registry.OpenKey( RegistryConstants.HKEY_CURRENT_USER,
"CONTROL PANEL\\INTERNATIONAL");

        ls_install_path = Registry.QueryStringValue( li_index,
"SSHORTDATE" );

      }catch(  IOException e ){
        System.out.println("Java - Registry IOException" + e.toString());
      }catch(  COMException e ){
        System.out.println("Java - Registry COMException" +
e.toString());
      }catch(Exception e){
        System.out.println("Java - Registry Exception" + e.toString());
      }


Exception trown in Win98 :-
java.lang.NullPointerException

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