Depending on what value type is stored, I have to use one of the following methods:
GetBinaryValue
GetDWORDValue
GetExpandedStringValue
GetMultiStringValue
GetStringValue
I would like not to have to try all five if all I know about a value is the hive, the key, and the value name. Is there a way to do that? I'm using WMI, but if the only way is by using the advapi32.dll method, I'm open to that.
You can use the StdRegProv.EnumValues
method to enumerate values of the key, find out the type of your value and determine which Get
method to call.
Something like this (sorry, I don't know C# well so this code is probably far from perfect):
using System;
using System.Management;
using System.Management.Instrumentation;
namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
public enum RegHive : uint
{
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT = 0x80000000,
HKEY_CURRENT_USER = 0x80000001,
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE = 0x80000002,
HKEY_USERS = 0x80000003,
HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG = 0x80000005
}
public enum RegType
{
REG_SZ = 1,
REG_EXPAND_SZ,
REG_BINARY,
REG_DWORD,
REG_MULTI_SZ = 7
}
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
const string strComputer = "computername";
ConnectionOptions options = new ConnectionOptions();
options.Impersonation = ImpersonationLevel.Impersonate;
options.EnablePrivileges = true;
options.Username = "username";
options.Password = "password";
ManagementScope myScope = new ManagementScope("\\\\" + strComputer + "\\root\\default", options);
ManagementPath mypath = new ManagementPath("StdRegProv");
ManagementClass mc = new ManagementClass(myScope, mypath, null);
object oValue = GetValue(mc, RegHive.HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, "SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion", "ProgramFilesDir");
Console.WriteLine(oValue.ToString());
}
public static object GetValue(ManagementClass mc, RegHive hDefKey, string sSubKeyName, string sValueName)
{
RegType rType = GetValueType(mc, hDefKey, sSubKeyName, sValueName);
ManagementBaseObject inParams = mc.GetMethodParameters("GetStringValue");
inParams["hDefKey"] = hDefKey;
inParams["sSubKeyName"] = sSubKeyName;
inParams["sValueName"] = sValueName;
object oValue = null;
switch (rType)
{
case RegType.REG_SZ:
ManagementBaseObject outParams = mc.InvokeMethod("GetStringValue", inParams, null);
if (Convert.ToUInt32(outParams["ReturnValue"]) == 0)
{
oValue = outParams["sValue"];
}
else
{
// GetStringValue call failed
}
break;
case RegType.REG_EXPAND_SZ:
outParams = mc.InvokeMethod("GetExpandedStringValue", inParams, null);
if (Convert.ToUInt32(outParams["ReturnValue"]) == 0)
{
oValue = outParams["sValue"];
}
else
{
// GetExpandedStringValue call failed
}
break;
case RegType.REG_MULTI_SZ:
outParams = mc.InvokeMethod("GetMultiStringValue", inParams, null);
if (Convert.ToUInt32(outParams["ReturnValue"]) == 0)
{
oValue = outParams["sValue"];
}
else
{
// GetMultiStringValue call failed
}
break;
case RegType.REG_DWORD:
outParams = mc.InvokeMethod("GetDWORDValue", inParams, null);
if (Convert.ToUInt32(outParams["ReturnValue"]) == 0)
{
oValue = outParams["uValue"];
}
else
{
// GetDWORDValue call failed
}
break;
case RegType.REG_BINARY:
outParams = mc.InvokeMethod("GetBinaryValue", inParams, null);
if (Convert.ToUInt32(outParams["ReturnValue"]) == 0)
{
oValue = outParams["uValue"] as byte[];
}
else
{
// GetBinaryValue call failed
}
break;
}
return oValue;
}
public static RegType GetValueType(ManagementClass mc, RegHive hDefKey, string sSubKeyName, string sValueName)
{
ManagementBaseObject inParams = mc.GetMethodParameters("EnumValues");
inParams["hDefKey"] = hDefKey;
inParams["sSubKeyName"] = sSubKeyName;
ManagementBaseObject outParams = mc.InvokeMethod("EnumValues", inParams, null);
if (Convert.ToUInt32(outParams["ReturnValue"]) == 0)
{
string[] sNames = outParams["sNames"] as String[];
int[] iTypes = outParams["Types"] as int[];
for (int i = 0; i < sNames.Length; i++)
{
if (sNames[i] == sValueName)
{
return (RegType)iTypes[i];
}
}
// value not found
}
else
{
// EnumValues call failed
}
}
}
}
How about OpenRemoteBaseKey, and then GetValue()? http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8zha3xws(VS.100).aspx