Accessing all the keys under classesroot from registry with c#

Question

I have a program which i try is to read all the keys under classesroot but when i do it with GetSubKeyNames() many keys are skipped i only get the key which contains another sub key on it.

RegistryKey key = Registry.ClassesRoot;
foreach (string tempKeyName in key.GetSubKeyNames())
{
     MessageBox.Show(tempKeyName);
 }

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Answer 1

This code shows all the registry keys under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT. If it doesn't work for you, edit your question telling us Windows version and maybe if you are under a corporate network.

RegistryKey rk = Registry.ClassesRoot;
// Print out the keys.
PrintKeys(rk);

PrintKeys:

static void PrintKeys(RegistryKey rkey)
{

    // Retrieve all the subkeys for the specified key.
    String[] names = rkey.GetSubKeyNames();

    Console.WriteLine("Subkeys of " + rkey.Name);
    Console.WriteLine("-----------------------------------------------");

    // Print the contents of the array to the console.
    foreach (String s in names)
    {
        Console.WriteLine(s);
    }
}

Source:MSDN