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RegistryKey.GetSubKeyNames Method

.NET Framework 4

Other Versions

Retrieves an array of strings that contains all the subkey names.

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

Syntax

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public string[] GetSubKeyNames()

Return Value

Type: System.String[]
An array of strings that contains the names of the subkeys for the current key.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
SecurityException	The user does not have the permissions required to read from the key.
ObjectDisposedException	The RegistryKey being manipulated is closed (closed keys cannot be accessed).
UnauthorizedAccessException	The user does not have the necessary registry rights.
IOException	A system error occurred, for example the current key has been deleted.

Remarks

This method does not recursively find names. It returns the names on the base level from which it was called.

Examples

This code example is part of a larger example provided for the RegistryKey class.

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// Print the information from the Test9999 subkey.
Console.WriteLine("There are {0} subkeys under {1}.", 
    test9999.SubKeyCount.ToString(), test9999.Name);
foreach(string subKeyName in test9999.GetSubKeyNames())
{
    using(RegistryKey 
        tempKey = test9999.OpenSubKey(subKeyName))
    {
        Console.WriteLine("\nThere are {0} values for {1}.", 
            tempKey.ValueCount.ToString(), tempKey.Name);
        foreach(string valueName in tempKey.GetValueNames())
        {
            Console.WriteLine("{0,-8}: {1}", valueName, 
                tempKey.GetValue(valueName).ToString());
        }
    }
}

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

.NET Framework Security

RegistryPermission
for the ability to read from the registry. Associated enumeration: RegistryPermissionAccess.Read

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.

Reference

RegistryKey Class

Microsoft.Win32 Namespace

SubKeyCount

GetValueNames

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