public static bool RenameValueSafe(this RegistryKey key, string oldName, string newName)
{
try
{
key.CopyValue(oldName, newName);
key.DeleteValue(oldName);
return(true);
}
catch
{
key.DeleteValueSafe(newName);
return(false);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Attempts to rename a registry value to the key provided using the specified old
/// name and new name.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="key">The key of which the registry value is to be renamed from.</param>
/// <param name="oldName">The old name of the registry value.</param>
/// <param name="newName">The new name of the registry value.</param>
/// <returns>Returns boolean value if the action succeded or failed; Returns
/// </returns>
public static bool RenameValueSafe(this RegistryKey key, string oldName, string newName)
{
try
{
//Copy from old to new
key.CopyValue(oldName, newName);
//Despose of the old value
key.DeleteValue(oldName);
return(true);
}
catch
{
//Try to despose of the newKey (The rename failed)
key.DeleteValueSafe(newName);
return(false);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Renames the specified value
/// </summary>
/// <param name="registryKey">The parent registry key</param>
/// <param name="valueName">The name of the value to rename</param>
/// <param name="newValueName">The new name of the value</param>
public static void MoveValue(this RegistryKey registryKey, string valueName, string newValueName)
{
if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(valueName))
{
throw new ArgumentException();
}
if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(newValueName))
{
throw new ArgumentException();
}
// Copy the value
registryKey.CopyValue(valueName, newValueName);
// Delete the old value
registryKey.DeleteValue(valueName);
}