VSRegistry.RegistryRoot Method (IServiceProvider, __VsLocalRegistryType, Boolean)

Represents the root of the registry hive under which Visual Studio is currently running, in the specified part of the registry.

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.12.0 (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.12.0.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Shared Function RegistryRoot ( _
    provider As IServiceProvider, _
    registryType As __VsLocalRegistryType, _
    writable As Boolean _
) As RegistryKey

public static RegistryKey RegistryRoot(
    IServiceProvider provider,
    __VsLocalRegistryType registryType,
    bool writable
)

public:
static RegistryKey^ RegistryRoot(
    IServiceProvider^ provider, 
    __VsLocalRegistryType registryType, 
    bool writable
)

static member RegistryRoot : 
        provider:IServiceProvider * 
        registryType:__VsLocalRegistryType * 
        writable:bool -> RegistryKey

public static function RegistryRoot(
    provider : IServiceProvider, 
    registryType : __VsLocalRegistryType, 
    writable : boolean
) : RegistryKey

Parameters

• provider
  Type: IServiceProvider

  The current IServiceProvider.

• registryType
  Type: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.__VsLocalRegistryType

  A __VsLocalRegistryType enumeration specifying the part of the registry.

• writable
  Type: Boolean

  Whether or not the root is writable.

Return Value

Type: RegistryKey

Remarks

For the registryType parameter you should use only RegType_Configuration for the application root, or [f:Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.__VsLocalRegistryType.RegType_UserSettings] for the user settings root.

.NET Framework Security

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

See Also

Reference

VSRegistry Class

RegistryRoot Overload

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell Namespace