RegistryHive Enumeration (Microsoft.Win32)

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RegistryHive Enumeration

Represents the possible values for a top-level node on a foreign machine.

Namespace:  Microsoft.Win32
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Syntax

Visual Basic
<SerializableAttribute> _
<ComVisibleAttribute(True)> _
Public Enumeration RegistryHive
C#
[SerializableAttribute]
[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
public enum RegistryHive
Visual C++
[SerializableAttribute]
[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
public enum class RegistryHive
F#
[<SerializableAttribute>]
[<ComVisibleAttribute(true)>]
type RegistryHive
Members

Member name Description
ClassesRoot Represents the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT base key on another computer. This value can be passed to the OpenRemoteBaseKey method, to open this node remotely.
CurrentUser Represents the HKEY_CURRENT_USER base key on another computer. This value can be passed to the OpenRemoteBaseKey method, to open this node remotely.
LocalMachine Represents the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE base key on another computer. This value can be passed to the OpenRemoteBaseKey method, to open this node remotely.
Users Represents the HKEY_USERS base key on another computer. This value can be passed to the OpenRemoteBaseKey method, to open this node remotely.
PerformanceData Represents the HKEY_PERFORMANCE_DATA base key on another computer. This value can be passed to the OpenRemoteBaseKey method, to open this node remotely.
CurrentConfig Represents the HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG base key on another computer. This value can be passed to the OpenRemoteBaseKey method, to open this node remotely.
DynData Represents the HKEY_DYN_DATA base key on another computer. This value can be passed to the OpenRemoteBaseKey method, to open this node remotely.
Remarks

RegistryHive values are used by the OpenRemoteBaseKey method to represent the top-level node of a requested key on a foreign (remote) machine. The node that can be opened with the OpenRemoteBaseKey method must be one of these top-level RegistryKeys. Further access to the subkeys of the identified node is available using using methods in RegistryKey, so long as the the user has appropriate permission.

Examples

The following code example shows how to open a registry key on a remote computer and enumerate the values of the key. The remote computer must be running the remote registry service. Specify the name of the remote computer as a command-line argument when invoking the program.

Visual Basic

Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic
Imports System
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Security.Permissions
Imports Microsoft.Win32


Public Class RemoteKey

    Shared Sub Main(commandLineArgs As String())

        Dim environmentKey As RegistryKey

        ' Check that an argument was specified when the 
        ' program was invoked.
        If commandLineArgs.Length = 0 Then
            Console.WriteLine("Error: The name of the remote " & _
                "computer must be specified as input on the " & _
                "command line.")
            Return
        End If

        Try
            ' Open HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Environment on a remote computer.
            environmentKey = RegistryKey.OpenRemoteBaseKey( _
                RegistryHive.CurrentUser, _
                commandLineArgs(0)).OpenSubKey("Environment")
        Catch ex As IOException
            Console.WriteLine("{0}: {1}", _
                ex.GetType().Name, ex.Message)
            Return
        End Try

        ' Print the values.
        Console.WriteLine("\nThere are {0} values For {1}.", _
            environmentKey.ValueCount.ToString(), environmentKey.Name)

        For Each valueName As String In environmentKey.GetValueNames()
            Console.WriteLine("{0,-20}: {1}", valueName, _
                environmentKey.GetValue(valueName).ToString())
        Next

        ' Close the registry key.
        environmentKey.Close()

    End Sub
End Class


C#

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Security.Permissions;
using Microsoft.Win32;


class RemoteKey
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        RegistryKey environmentKey;
        string remoteName;

        // Check that an argument was specified when the 
        // program was invoked.
        if(args.Length == 0)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Error: The name of the remote " +
                "computer must be specified when the program is " +
                "invoked.");
            return;
        }
        else
        {
            remoteName = args[0];
        }

        try
        {
            // Open HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Environment 
            // on a remote computer.
            environmentKey = RegistryKey.OpenRemoteBaseKey(
                RegistryHive.CurrentUser, remoteName).OpenSubKey(
                "Environment");
        }
        catch(IOException e)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("{0}: {1}", 
                e.GetType().Name, e.Message);
            return;
        }

        // Print the values.
        Console.WriteLine("\nThere are {0} values for {1}.", 
            environmentKey.ValueCount.ToString(), 
            environmentKey.Name);
        foreach(string valueName in environmentKey.GetValueNames())
        {
            Console.WriteLine("{0,-20}: {1}", valueName, 
                environmentKey.GetValue(valueName).ToString());
        }

        // Close the registry key.
        environmentKey.Close();
    }
}


Visual C++

using namespace System;
using namespace System::IO;
using namespace System::Security::Permissions;
using namespace Microsoft::Win32;


int main( int argc, char *argv[] )
{
   RegistryKey ^ environmentKey;

   // Check that an argument was specified when the 
   // program was invoked.
   if ( argc == 1 )
   {
      Console::WriteLine( "Error: The name of the remote computer "
      "must be specified as input on the command line." );
      return  -1;
   }

   try
   {

      // Open HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Environment on a remote computer.
      environmentKey = RegistryKey::OpenRemoteBaseKey( RegistryHive::CurrentUser, gcnew String(argv[ 1 ]) )->OpenSubKey( "Environment" );
   }
   catch ( IOException^ e ) 
   {
      Console::WriteLine(  "{0}: {1}", e->GetType()->Name, e->Message );
      return  -1;
   }


   // Print the values.
   Console::WriteLine( "\nThere are {0} values for {1}.", environmentKey->ValueCount.ToString(), environmentKey->Name );
   array<String^>^valueNames = environmentKey->GetValueNames();
   for ( int i = 0; i < environmentKey->ValueCount; i++ )
   {
      Console::WriteLine(  "{0,-20}: {1}", valueNames[ i ], environmentKey->GetValue( valueNames[ i ] )->ToString() );

   }

   // Close the registry key.
   environmentKey->Close();
}



Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1
Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
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