Question

I’m working on a .net application that will be used for auditing the configuration of each computer that it runs on.

I would like to be able to read the value of any registry key specified by a string, for example: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MyOrganization\MyProgram

In order to get a handle on this key in .net, I write the following:

RegistryKey registryKey = Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey(@"SOFTWARE\\MyOrganization\\MyProgram);

As you can see, I have refer to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE using Registry.LocalMachine.

Is there a way to refer to registry keys by name without having to refer to these fields in the Registry object?

Answer 1

I believe you can use the Registry.GetValue(...) method. The first parameter is the full key name, including the root.