SafeRegistryHandle Class
Represents a safe handle to the Windows registry.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
System.Runtime.ConstrainedExecution.CriticalFinalizerObject
System.Runtime.InteropServices.SafeHandle
Microsoft.Win32.SafeHandles.SafeHandleZeroOrMinusOneIsInvalid
Microsoft.Win32.SafeHandles.SafeRegistryHandle
| Name | Description | |
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![]() | SafeRegistryHandle(IntPtr, Boolean) | Initializes a new instance of the SafeRegistryHandle class. |
| 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(Boolean) | 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.) |
![]() | Equals(Object) | Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object.(Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | GetHashCode() | Serves as the default hash function. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | GetType() | |
![]() | 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.
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This type implements the IDisposable interface. When you have finished using the type, you should dispose of it either directly or indirectly. To dispose of the type directly, call its Dispose method in a try/catch block. To dispose of it indirectly, use a language construct such as using (in C#) or Using (in Visual Basic). For more information, see the “Using an Object that Implements IDisposable” section in the IDisposable interface topic. |
requires full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted or transparent code.
Available since 4.0
Any public static ( Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.


