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SafeRegistryHandle Class
Visual Studio 2010
Represents a safe handle to the Windows registry.
System::Object
System.Runtime.ConstrainedExecution::CriticalFinalizerObject
System.Runtime.InteropServices::SafeHandle
Microsoft.Win32.SafeHandles::SafeHandleZeroOrMinusOneIsInvalid
Microsoft.Win32.SafeHandles::SafeRegistryHandle
System.Runtime.ConstrainedExecution::CriticalFinalizerObject
System.Runtime.InteropServices::SafeHandle
Microsoft.Win32.SafeHandles::SafeHandleZeroOrMinusOneIsInvalid
Microsoft.Win32.SafeHandles::SafeRegistryHandle
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
The SafeRegistryHandle type exposes the following members.
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | IsClosed | Gets a value indicating whether the handle is closed. (Inherited from SafeHandle.) |
![]() | IsInvalid | Gets a value that indicates whether the handle is invalid. (Inherited from SafeHandleZeroOrMinusOneIsInvalid.) |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | Close | Marks the handle for releasing and freeing resources. (Inherited from SafeHandle.) |
![]() | DangerousAddRef | Manually increments the reference counter on SafeHandle instances. (Inherited from SafeHandle.) |
![]() | DangerousGetHandle | Returns the value of the handle field. (Inherited from SafeHandle.) |
![]() | DangerousRelease | Manually decrements the reference counter on a SafeHandle instance. (Inherited from SafeHandle.) |
![]() | Dispose() | Releases all resources used by the SafeHandle class. (Inherited from SafeHandle.) |
![]() | Dispose(Boolean) | Releases the unmanaged resources used by the SafeHandle class specifying whether to perform a normal dispose operation. (Inherited from SafeHandle.) |
![]() | Equals(Object) | Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | Finalize | Frees all resources associated with the handle. (Inherited from SafeHandle.) |
![]() | GetHashCode | Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | GetType | Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | MemberwiseClone | Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | ReleaseHandle | When overridden in a derived class, executes the code required to free the handle. (Inherited from SafeHandle.) |
![]() | SetHandle | Sets the handle to the specified pre-existing handle. (Inherited from SafeHandle.) |
![]() | SetHandleAsInvalid | Marks a handle as no longer used. (Inherited from SafeHandle.) |
![]() | ToString | Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.) |
You can use platform invoke on the native RegCreateKeyEx Windows function to obtain a SafeRegistryHandle object, and then use it to create registry keys with the RegistryKey::FromHandle method.
- SecurityCriticalAttribute
requires full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted or transparent code.
Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, 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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