How to launch Windows' RegEdit with certain path?

Question

How do I launch Windows\' RegEdit with certain path located, like \"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\VisualStudio\\8.0\", so I don\'t have to do the clic

Answer 1

I thought this C# solution might help:

By making use of an earlier suggestion, we can trick RegEdit into opening the key we want even though we can't pass the key as a parameter.

In this example, a menu option of "Registry Settings" opens RegEdit to the node for the program that called it.

Program's form:

    private void registrySettingsToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        string path = string.Format(@"Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\{0}\{1}\",
                                    Application.CompanyName, Application.ProductName);

        MyCommonFunctions.Registry.OpenToKey(path);

    }

MyCommonFunctions.Registry

    /// 
Opens RegEdit to the provided key
    /// @"Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\MyCompanyName\MyProgramName\"
    /// 
    /// 
    public static void OpenToKey(string FullKeyPath)
    {
        RegistryKey rKey = Microsoft.Win32.Registry.CurrentUser.OpenSubKey(@"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Regedit", true);
        rKey.SetValue("LastKey",FullKeyPath);

        Process.Start("regedit.exe");
    }

Of course, you could put it all in one method of the form, but I like reusablity.