How to Open registry folder in C#?

Question

I have this code:

public partial class Form1 : Form
{
    public Form1()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
    }

    private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        Registry.CurrentUser.OpenSubKey(@"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\google");
    }
}

form1 has only ONE Button.

I want to open HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\google\ by clicking the button.

But the Button does nothing after clicking, why?

Answer 1

Your code opens an object and returns it. If you assign this object to a variable like this:

var key = Registry.CurrentUser.OpenSubKey(@"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\google");

you can for example, change it after that assignment.

If you want to open regedit tool, you should use following code:

Process.Start("regedit.exe")