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);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Attempts to delete the desired sub-key from the specified parent.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="name">The name of the sub-key to delete.</param>
/// <param name="parentPath">The path to the parent for which to delete the sub-key on.</param>
/// <param name="errorMsg">output parameter that contians possible error message.</param>
/// <returns>Returns true if the operation succeeded.</returns>
public static bool DeleteRegistryKey(string name, string parentPath, out string errorMsg)
{
try
{
RegistryKey parent = GetWritableRegistryKey(parentPath);
//Invalid can not open parent
if (parent == null)
{
errorMsg = "You do not have write access to registry: " + parentPath + ", try running client as administrator";
return(false);
}
//Child does not exist
if (!parent.ContainsSubKey(name))
{
errorMsg = "The registry: " + name + " does not exist in: " + parentPath;
//If child does not exists then the action has already succeeded
return(true);
}
bool success = parent.DeleteSubKeyTreeSafe(name);
//Child could not be deleted
if (!success)
{
errorMsg = REGISTRY_KEY_DELETE_ERROR;
return(false);
}
//Child was successfully deleted
errorMsg = "";
return(true);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
errorMsg = ex.Message;
return(false);
}
}
public static bool DeleteRegistryKey(string name, string parentPath, out string errorMsg)
{
try
{
RegistryKey parent = GetWritableRegistryKey(parentPath);
if (parent == null)
{
errorMsg = "Bu kayıdı açmak için izniniz yoktur: " + parentPath +
", clientin yönetici olarak çalıştırılması gerekiyor.";
return(false);
}
if (!parent.ContainsSubKey(name))
{
errorMsg = "Bu kayıt: " + name + " bu dizinde bulunmamaktadır: " + parentPath;
return(true);
}
var success = parent.DeleteSubKeyTreeSafe(name);
if (!success)
{
errorMsg = REGISTRY_KEY_DELETE_ERROR;
return(false);
}
errorMsg = "";
return(true);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
errorMsg = ex.Message;
return(false);
}
}