2.6. Registry

The Registry instance is accessible via windows.system.registry

Note

See sample Registry

2.6.1. Registry

class windows.winobject.registry.Registry(sam=KEY_READ(0x20019))[source]

The Windows registry

__call__(name, sam=None)[source]

Get a registry key:

registry(r"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software")
registry("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE")("Software")
Return type:

PyHKey

classmethod reopen(sam)[source]

Return a new Registry using sam as the new default

Return type:

Registry

2.6.2. PyHKey

class windows.winobject.registry.PyHKey(surkey, name, sam=KEY_READ(0x20019))[source]

A windows registry key

__call__(name)

Alias for open_subkey()

__getitem__(name)

Alias for get()

__setitem__(name)[source]

Wrapper for set(), accept value or (value, type)

__delitem__(name)

Alias for delete_value()

create()[source]

Create the registry key

delete()[source]

Delete the registry key

delete_value(name)[source]

Delete the value with name

get(value_name)[source]

Retrieves the value value_name

Return type:

KeyValue

open_subkey(name, sam=None)[source]

Open the subkey name

Return type:

PyHKey

reopen(sam)[source]

Reopen the registry key with a new sam

Return type:

PyHKey

set(name, value, type=None)[source]

Set the value for name to value. if type is None try to guess items

property subkeys

The subkeys of the registry key

Type:

[PyHKey] - A list of keys

update_security_descriptor(owner=<object object>, dacl=<object object>, sacl=<object object>, group=<object object>)[source]

[WIP] Api for simple SD update may change

property values

The values of the registry key

Type:

[KeyValue] - A list of values

2.6.3. KeyValue

class windows.winobject.registry.KeyValue(name, value, type)

A registry value (name, value, type)

name

Alias for field number 0

type

Alias for field number 2

value

Alias for field number 1