RegistryPolicy.Read Method (RegistryHive, String)

 

Reads all the registry-based policy settings that configure first-level values under the specified registry key.

Namespace:   Microsoft.GroupPolicy
Assembly:  Microsoft.GroupPolicy.Management (in Microsoft.GroupPolicy.Management.dll)

Syntax

public ReadOnlyCollection<RegistryItem> Read(
    RegistryHive hive,
    string keyPath
)

public:
ReadOnlyCollection<RegistryItem^>^ Read(
    RegistryHive hive,
    String^ keyPath
)

member Read : 
        hive:RegistryHive *
        keyPath:string -> ReadOnlyCollection<RegistryItem>

Public Function Read (
    hive As RegistryHive,
    keyPath As String
) As ReadOnlyCollection(Of RegistryItem)

Parameters

• hive
  Type: Microsoft.Win32.RegistryHive

  One of the RegistryHive values that specifies the registry hive of the key. Specify CurrentUser to read policy settings from User Configuration. Specify LocalMachine to read policy settings from Computer Configuration. No other values are supported.

• keyPath
  Type: System.String

  The path to the registry key.

Return Value

Type: System.Collections.ObjectModel.ReadOnlyCollection<RegistryItem>

Returns ReadOnlyCollection<T>. A read-only collection of RegistryItem objects that contains the registry-based policy settings.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ObjectDisposedException	The RegistryPolicy is disposed.
ArgumentNullException	keyPath is null
ArgumentException	keyPath is an empty string (“”) -or- hive is not CurrentUser or LocalMachine.

See Also

Read Overload
RegistryPolicy Class
Microsoft.GroupPolicy Namespace

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