README.md

RegFile

A .NET library that can be used to read and write .reg files, and import into or export from the Windows Registry.

Putting the functionality together, one can recreate the REG.EXE IMPORT and REG.EXE EXPORT commands easily.

Current Limitations

In short all native registry types (and formats) that are represented by the RegistryValueKind-type are supported. As file format, currently only the Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 signature is supported (which is the current format since Windows 2000). The older REGEDIT4 format is not currently supported.

Also, please refer to RegFileReaderTests.cs for currently supported data types and .reg file formats.

Example Usage

Reading a .reg file

IEnumerable<RegistrySubKeyCommand> commands;
using (var reader = new RegFileReader(fileName))
{
    commands = reader.Read();
}

Writing a .reg file

using (var writer = new RegFileWriter("somefile.reg"))
{
    writer.Write(commands);
}

Applying commands to the Windows Registry

var processor = new RegCommandProcessor(RegistryView.Default);
processor.Process(commands);

Extracing commands from the Windows Registry

var extractor = new RegCommandExtractor(@"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\.NETFramework", RegistryView.Registry64);
var commands = extractor.Extract();

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