Microsoft.Win32.Registry.AccessControl

About

Provides support for managing access control lists for Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey.

Key Features

• Get access control lists for a registry key.
• Get a specific sections of an access control list.
• Set the access control list for a registry key.

How to Use

using Microsoft.Win32;
using System.Security.AccessControl;

// Open a registry key (or create it if it doesn't exist)
using RegistryKey registryKey = Registry.CurrentUser.CreateSubKey("TestKey");
if (registryKey == null)
{
    Console.WriteLine("Failed to create or open the registry key.");
    return;
}

// Get the current access control list (ACL) for the registry key
RegistrySecurity registrySecurity = registryKey.GetAccessControl();
Console.WriteLine("Current Access Control List (ACL):");
Console.WriteLine(registrySecurity.GetSecurityDescriptorSddlForm(AccessControlSections.Access));

// Create a new access rule granting full control to the current user
string currentUser = Environment.UserName;
RegistryAccessRule accessRule = new RegistryAccessRule(currentUser, RegistryRights.FullControl, InheritanceFlags.None, PropagationFlags.None, AccessControlType.Allow);

// Add the new access rule to the ACL
registrySecurity.AddAccessRule(accessRule);

// Set the updated ACL on the registry key
registryKey.SetAccessControl(registrySecurity);

// Get and display the updated ACL for the registry key using the second GetAccessControl overload
RegistrySecurity updatedRegistrySecurity = registryKey.GetAccessControl(AccessControlSections.Access);
Console.WriteLine("Updated Access Control List (ACL):");
Console.WriteLine(updatedRegistrySecurity.GetSecurityDescriptorSddlForm(AccessControlSections.Access));

Main Types

The main type provided by this library is:

• Microsoft.Win32.RegistryAclExtensions

Additional Documentation

• API documentation

Feedback & Contributing

Microsoft.Win32.Registry.AccessControl is released as open source under the MIT license. Bug reports and contributions are welcome at the GitHub repository.