Modify Registry Key

[Rajesh R Subramanian]

MPTP wrote:

How can I change the name of existing registry key?

By writing a program? On a serious note, see CRegKey[^] and Registry Functions[^]

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[Hamid Taebi]

And see here[^].

[john5632]

Which function is to be used?

[Hamid Taebi]

For start see CRegKey::Open. :)

[john5632]

This is wrapper class but I want a simple win32 API to change the key name

[Naveen]

ASAIK, there is no rename function. You have to delete the existing key and add new one...

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[john5632]

The key also have many subkeys So it is not possible for me to do so, Is there any alternate to rename the same key without deleting.

[Rane]

Use RegCopyTree to copy the whole registry tree (Key & its Subkeys) to a dummy key and then delete the original tree.Then try creating a new Key(using RegCreateKeyEx) with "New Name" and add the whole subtree to the "New Name" Key. Regards, Rane

[David Crow]

Rajesh R Subramanian wrote:

On a serious note, see CRegKey[^] and Registry Functions[^]

Are you being facetious?

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[David Crow]

MPTP wrote:

The key also have many subkeys So it is not possible for me to do so...

It's certainly possible. You just have to be willing to put forth effort to do it.

"Love people and use things, not love things and use people." - Unknown

"The brick walls are there for a reason...to stop the people who don't want it badly enough." - Randy Pausch

[Rajesh R Subramanian]

Why, yes. That was best reply I could give to a lazy person like him. :)

Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen, few in pursuit of the goal - Friedrich Nietzsche .·´¯`·->Rajesh<-·´¯`·. [Microsoft MVP - Visual C++]