Package.ApplicationRegistryRoot Property (Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell)

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Package..::.ApplicationRegistryRoot Property

Updated: November 2007

Gets the root registry key of the current Visual Studio registry hive.

Namespace: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell
Assembly: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.9.0 (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.9.0.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

Public ReadOnly Property ApplicationRegistryRoot As RegistryKey

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim instance As Package
Dim value As RegistryKey

value = instance.ApplicationRegistryRoot

public RegistryKey ApplicationRegistryRoot { get; }

Visual C++

public:
property RegistryKey^ ApplicationRegistryRoot {
    RegistryKey^ get ();
}

JScript

public function get ApplicationRegistryRoot () : RegistryKey

Property Value

Type: Microsoft.Win32..::.RegistryKey

The root RegistryKey of the Visual Studio registry hive.

Remarks

This property returns the registry root for the application. Typically this is HKLM\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\<version> but this can change based on any alternate root that the shell was initialized with.

The key that is returned is a read-only key and cannot be modified. Changes to this key should only be made by the VSPackage installer.

You should close and dispose this key when you are finished using it. You can reliably accomplish this by using this key with the “using” syntax in C#:

using(RegistryKey k = p.ApplicationRegistryRoot) {
  // define k
}

Here, k is disposed when the using clause terminates.

Permissions

Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

Reference

Package Class

Package Members

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell Namespace