RegistryKey.Name Property

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Retrieves the name of the key.

Namespace:   Microsoft.Win32
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

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public string Name { get; }

Property Value

Type: System.String

The absolute (qualified) name of the key.

Exception Condition
ObjectDisposedException

The RegistryKey is closed (closed keys cannot be accessed).

The name of the key includes the absolute path of this key in the registry, always starting at a base key, for example, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.

This code example is part of a larger example provided for the RegistryKey class.

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// Delete or close the new subkey.
Console.Write("\nDelete newly created registry key? (Y/N) ");
if(Char.ToUpper(Convert.ToChar(Console.Read())) == 'Y')
{
    Registry.CurrentUser.DeleteSubKeyTree("Test9999");
    Console.WriteLine("\nRegistry key {0} deleted.", 
        test9999.Name);
}
else
{
    Console.WriteLine("\nRegistry key {0} closed.", 
        test9999.ToString());
    test9999.Close();
}

.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
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