Microsoft.Win32.Registry.AccessControl 10.0.3

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dotnet add package Microsoft.Win32.Registry.AccessControl --version 10.0.3
                    


                    

                
NuGet\Install-Package Microsoft.Win32.Registry.AccessControl -Version 10.0.3
This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package. 
<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Win32.Registry.AccessControl" Version="10.0.3" />
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package. 
<PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Win32.Registry.AccessControl" Version="10.0.3" />
                    


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<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Win32.Registry.AccessControl" />
                    


                            Project file
For projects that support Central Package Management (CPM), copy this XML node into the solution Directory.Packages.props file to version the package. 
paket add Microsoft.Win32.Registry.AccessControl --version 10.0.3
                    


                    

                
#r "nuget: Microsoft.Win32.Registry.AccessControl, 10.0.3"
#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package. 
#:package Microsoft.Win32.Registry.AccessControl@10.0.3
#:package directive can be used in C# file-based apps starting in .NET 10 preview 4. Copy this into a .cs file before any lines of code to reference the package. 
#addin nuget:?package=Microsoft.Win32.Registry.AccessControl&version=10.0.3
                    


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#tool nuget:?package=Microsoft.Win32.Registry.AccessControl&version=10.0.3
                    


                            Install as a Cake Tool

About

Provides support for managing access control lists for Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey.

Key Features

  • Get access control lists for a registry key.
  • Get a specific sections of an access control list.
  • Set the access control list for a registry key.

How to Use

using Microsoft.Win32;
using System.Security.AccessControl;

// Open a registry key (or create it if it doesn't exist)
using RegistryKey registryKey = Registry.CurrentUser.CreateSubKey("TestKey");
if (registryKey == null)
{
    Console.WriteLine("Failed to create or open the registry key.");
    return;
}

// Get the current access control list (ACL) for the registry key
RegistrySecurity registrySecurity = registryKey.GetAccessControl();
Console.WriteLine("Current Access Control List (ACL):");
Console.WriteLine(registrySecurity.GetSecurityDescriptorSddlForm(AccessControlSections.Access));

// Create a new access rule granting full control to the current user
string currentUser = Environment.UserName;
RegistryAccessRule accessRule = new RegistryAccessRule(currentUser, RegistryRights.FullControl, InheritanceFlags.None, PropagationFlags.None, AccessControlType.Allow);

// Add the new access rule to the ACL
registrySecurity.AddAccessRule(accessRule);

// Set the updated ACL on the registry key
registryKey.SetAccessControl(registrySecurity);

// Get and display the updated ACL for the registry key using the second GetAccessControl overload
RegistrySecurity updatedRegistrySecurity = registryKey.GetAccessControl(AccessControlSections.Access);
Console.WriteLine("Updated Access Control List (ACL):");
Console.WriteLine(updatedRegistrySecurity.GetSecurityDescriptorSddlForm(AccessControlSections.Access));

Main Types

The main type provided by this library is:

  • Microsoft.Win32.RegistryAclExtensions

Additional Documentation

Feedback & Contributing

Microsoft.Win32.Registry.AccessControl is released as open source under the MIT license. Bug reports and contributions are welcome at the GitHub repository.

Product Compatible and additional computed target framework versions.
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.NET Core netcoreapp2.0 was computed.  netcoreapp2.1 was computed.  netcoreapp2.2 was computed.  netcoreapp3.0 was computed.  netcoreapp3.1 was computed. 
.NET Standard netstandard2.0 is compatible.  netstandard2.1 was computed. 
.NET Framework net461 was computed.  net462 is compatible.  net463 was computed.  net47 was computed.  net471 was computed.  net472 was computed.  net48 was computed.  net481 was computed. 
MonoAndroid monoandroid was computed. 
MonoMac monomac was computed. 
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Tizen tizen40 was computed.  tizen60 was computed. 
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