A helper class for performing operations on the Windows Registry.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using Microsoft.Win32;
using System.Security.AccessControl;
using System.Security.Principal;
namespace Util
{
class RegistryHelper
{
/// <summary>
/// Checks if the registry entry at the given path exists or not
/// </summary>
/// <param name="path">path of the registry</param>
/// <returns>True/False</returns>
public bool CheckRegistry(string path)
{
try
{
RegistryKey regkey = Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey(path);
if (regkey == null)
{
return false;
}
else
{
return true;
}
}
catch
{
return false;
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Reads the registry value at the given path with the given key name
/// </summary>
/// <param name="path">Path of the registry entry</param>
/// <param name="key">name of the key</param>
/// <returns>Value of the key</returns>
public string ReadRegistry(string path, string key)
{
try
{
RegistryKey regkey = Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey(path);
string regValue = regkey.GetValue(key).ToString();
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(regValue))
{
return null;
}
else
{
return regValue;
}
}
catch
{
// return "No Entry";
return null;
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Edits the registry at the given path with the new value
/// </summary>
/// <param name="path">registry path</param>
/// <param name="key">key value</param>
/// <param name="value">new value</param>
/// <returns>bool</returns>
public bool EditRegistry(string path, string key, string value)
{
try
{
RegistryKey regkey = Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey(path, true);
RegistrySecurity rs = regkey.GetAccessControl(AccessControlSections.Access);
rs.SetGroup(new NTAccount("Administrators"));
rs.SetOwner(new NTAccount("Administrators"));
rs.SetAccessRuleProtection(false, false);
regkey.SetAccessControl(rs);
regkey.SetValue(key, value, RegistryValueKind.DWord);
return true;
}
catch
{
return false;
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Creates a registry entry at the given path with given key and value
/// </summary>
/// <param name="path">Registry subkey path to create</param>
/// <param name="key">name of the key in the entry</param>
/// <param name="value">value of the key</param>
/// <returns>bool</returns>
public bool WriteRegistry(string path, string key, string value)
{
try
{
Registry.LocalMachine.CreateSubKey(path);
RegistryKey regkey = Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey(path, true);
regkey.SetValue(key, value);
return true;
}
catch
{
return false;
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Deletes the registry entry at the given path
/// </summary>
/// <param name="path">path of the registry</param>
/// <returns>bool</returns>
public bool DeleteRegistry(string path)
{
try
{
Registry.LocalMachine.DeleteSubKey(path);
return true;
}
catch
{
return false;
}
}
}
}