public static object GetPolicySetting(string registryInformation)
{
string valueName;
GroupPolicySection section;
string key = Key(registryInformation, out valueName, out section);
// Thread must be STA
object result = null;
var t = new Thread(() =>
{
var gpo = new ComputerGroupPolicyObject();
using (RegistryKey rootRegistryKey = gpo.GetRootRegistryKey(section))
{
// Data can't be null so we can use this value to indicate key must be delete
using (RegistryKey subKey = rootRegistryKey.OpenSubKey(key, true))
{
if (subKey == null)
{
result = null;
}
else
{
result = subKey.GetValue(valueName);
}
}
}
});
t.SetApartmentState(ApartmentState.STA);
t.Start();
t.Join();
return(result);
}
public static void SetPolicySetting(string registryInformation, string settingValue, RegistryValueKind registryValueKind)
{
string valueName;
GroupPolicySection section;
string key = Key(registryInformation, out valueName, out section);
// Thread must be STA
Exception exception = null;
var t = new Thread(() =>
{
try
{
var gpo = new ComputerGroupPolicyObject();
using (RegistryKey rootRegistryKey = gpo.GetRootRegistryKey(section))
{
// Data can't be null so we can use this value to indicate key must be delete
if (settingValue == null)
{
using (RegistryKey subKey = rootRegistryKey.OpenSubKey(key, true))
{
if (subKey != null)
{
subKey.DeleteValue(valueName);
}
}
}
else
{
using (RegistryKey subKey = rootRegistryKey.CreateSubKey(key))
{
subKey.SetValue(valueName, settingValue, registryValueKind);
}
}
}
gpo.Save();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
exception = ex;
}
});
t.SetApartmentState(ApartmentState.STA);
t.Start();
t.Join();
if (exception != null)
{
throw exception;
}
}
