createRegistryKey: Manage Registry Keys

In omegahat/SWinRegistry: Access to Windows Registry

Manage Registry Keys

Description

These functions allow one to manage the set of keys in a part of the registry. One can create and delete a key. Also, flushRegistryKey can be used to force any changes to be immediately reflected in the registry.

Usage

createRegistryKey(path, key = character(0), top = .BuiltinKeys[1], recursive = FALSE, check = TRUE)
deleteRegistryKey(path, key, top = .BuiltinKeys[1], asKey = FALSE, recursive = FALSE, resolve = TRUE)
flushRegistryKey(path, top = .BuiltinKeys[1])

Arguments

path	the hierarchical path in the registry that is combined with top to identify the folder containing the key of interest.
key	the name of a key within a folder within the registry.
top	if specified, the name of a top-level key in the registry which is combined with path to identify the folder in which the key of interest is to be found
check	a logical value indicating whether we should check whether the key exists or not before attempting to create it. If TRUE and the key exists, we simply return the path. If the key exists but is merely a value and not a regular key that can support sub-keys, we raise an error.
asKey	a logical value which, if TRUE removes the key and which if FALSE removes the value of the key.
recursive	a logical value which is currently ignored. If this is activated, it would allow one to remove a folder that contains other keys.
resolve	a logical value indicating whether to check whether the key exists and whether it is a value or a key.

Value

createRegistryKey	A logical value indicating whether the key was created or not. If the key already existed, this is FALSE. If the key was created anew, this is TRUE.
deleteRegistryKey	A logical value which is TRUE or else an error is thrown.
flushRegistryKey	A logical value which is TRUE or else an error is thrown.

Author(s)

Duncan Temple Lang <[e-mail]>

References

http://www.omegahat.org/SWinRegistry

See Also

getRegistryValue setRegistryValue

.resolveToplevelRegistryKey regedit.exe

omegahat/SWinRegistry documentation built on July 17, 2022, 7:26 p.m.