Getting a specific branch and all its values in the registry

Question

I want to be able to get all the value pairs under a location in the registry, like:

 RegistryKey printerkey =
                settingsRegKey.OpenSubKey("\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Print\\Printers\\DevModes2\\Settings");

I can select Registry.LocalSystem, etc, but how do I then get to a specific branch (like above)?

Thanks

Bob G · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-08T15:50:31.903

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Dictionary<string, object> keyValuePairs;
using (var settingsRegKey = Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey("Software\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Print\\Printers\\DevModes2\\Settings"))
{
       var valueNames = settingsRegKey.GetValueNames();
       keyValuePairs = valueNames.ToDictionary(name => name, settingsRegKey.GetValue);
}

edited Apr 08 '11 at 15:50

answered Apr 08 '11 at 15:42

Bob G

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You should also check if the settingRegKey is not null. The key might not exists. If the settingRegKey is not null then you can call GetValueNames. – Alexandru Dicu Oct 09 '12 at 11:01
If you're on 64bit machine, use this approach to open `Registry.LocalMachine`: http://stackoverflow.com/a/13190185/244353 – Mrchief Mar 20 '14 at 18:29

Getting a specific branch and all its values in the registry

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