public static bool RenameSubKeySafe(this RegistryKey key, string oldName, string newName)
{
try
{
key.CopyKey(oldName, newName);
key.DeleteSubKeyTree(oldName);
return(true);
}
catch
{
key.DeleteSubKeyTreeSafe(newName);
return(false);
}
}
/*
* Derived and Adapted from drdandle's article,
* Copy and Rename Registry Keys at Code project.
* Copy and Rename Registry Keys (Post Date: November 11, 2006)
* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* This is a work that is not of the original. It
* has been modified to suit the needs of another
* application.
* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* First Modified by StingRaptor on January 21, 2016
* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* Original Source:
* http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/16343/Copy-and-Rename-Registry-Keys
*/
/// <summary>
/// Attempts to rename a sub-key to the key provided using the specified old
/// name and new name.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="key">The key of which the subkey is to be renamed from.</param>
/// <param name="oldName">The old name of the sub-key.</param>
/// <param name="newName">The new name of the sub-key.</param>
/// <returns>Returns boolean value if the action succeded or failed; Returns
/// </returns>
public static bool RenameSubKeySafe(this RegistryKey key, string oldName, string newName)
{
try
{
//Copy from old to new
key.CopyKey(oldName, newName);
//Despose of the old key
key.DeleteSubKeyTree(oldName);
return(true);
}
catch
{
//Try to despose of the newKey (The rename failed)
key.DeleteSubKeyTreeSafe(newName);
return(false);
}
}
protected void ParseAppVBinaryRegValues(string fileName)
{
if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(fileName) || (!File.Exists(fileName)))
{
return;
}
string tempDestRegBinFile = string.Format("{0}\\DestRoot.dat", Path.GetTempPath());
File.Copy(PathManager.Init.GetResourcePath(PathManager.REGHIVE_FILE), tempDestRegBinFile, true);
using (RegistryKey srcRootKey = RegistryNativeMethods.RegLoadAppKey(fileName))
using (RegistryKey destRootKey = RegistryNativeMethods.RegLoadAppKey(tempDestRegBinFile, RegistryNativeMethods.RegSAM.KEY_ALL_ACCESS))
{
if (srcRootKey != null && destRootKey != null)
{
using (RegistryKey sourceKey = srcRootKey.OpenSubKey("REGISTRY\\USER\\[{AppVCurrentUserSID}]", false))
using (RegistryKey destKey = destRootKey.CreateSubKey("HKCU"))
{
sourceKey.CopyKey(destKey);
}
using (RegistryKey sourceKey = srcRootKey.OpenSubKey("REGISTRY\\USER\\[{AppVCurrentUserSID}]_Classes", false))
using (RegistryKey destKey = destRootKey.CreateSubKey(@"HKCU\Software\Classes"))
{
sourceKey.CopyKey(destKey);
}
using (RegistryKey sourceKey = srcRootKey.OpenSubKey("REGISTRY\\MACHINE", false))
using (RegistryKey destKey = destRootKey.CreateSubKey("HKLM"))
{
sourceKey.CopyKey(destKey);
}
string tempKey = "";
AddRecurseRegValue(destRootKey, tempKey);
}
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Renames a subkey of the passed in registry key since
/// the Framework totally forgot to include such a handy feature.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="regKey">The RegistryKey that contains the subkey
/// you want to rename (must be writeable)</param>
/// <param name="subKeyName">The name of the subkey that you want to rename
/// </param>
/// <param name="newSubKeyName">The new name of the RegistryKey</param>
/// <returns>True if succeeds</returns>
public static bool RenameSubKey(this RegistryKey parentKey, string subKeyName, string newSubKeyName)
{
parentKey.CopyKey(subKeyName, newSubKeyName);
parentKey.DeleteSubKeyTree(subKeyName);
return(true);
}