本篇文章的主要开发环境是Visual Studio 2008，Visual Studio系列产品一直以来都提供了强大的控件功能，然而我们利用这些控件可以编写出功能强大的应用程序，Visual Studio2008在一些特性上也做出了许多的改进。本文主要利用微软的最新.net开发工具为大家展示创建注册表编辑器的例子，很适合.net开发工具的初学者，具有一定的实用价值。
打开 Visual Studio 2008在文件 (File) 菜单上，单击新建项目 (New Project)。 在新建项目 (New Project) 对话框的模板 (Templates) 窗格中，单击 Windows 应用程序(Windows Application)。单击确定 (OK) 如图1。
选择Form1窗体，在Form1窗体中添加如下控件：
分别添加Label、Button、ComboBox 、TextBox、 ListBox类型的控件
控件详细属性设置如下：
接下来我们需要输入代码了，进入代码编辑器
首先需要进行声明：
Imports Microsoft.Win32.Registry
Public Class Form1
Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form
Dim MyRegistry
进入HKey_SelectedIndexChanged事件
Private Sub HKey_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles HKey.SelectedIndexChanged
Select Case HKey.Text
Case "ClassesRoot"
MyRegistry = Microsoft.Win32.Registry.ClassesRoot
Case "CurrentConfig"
MyRegistry = Microsoft.Win32.Registry.CurrentConfig
Case "CurrentUser"
MyRegistry = Microsoft.Win32.Registry.CurrentUser
Case "DynData"
MyRegistry = Microsoft.Win32.Registry.DynData
Case "LocalMachine"
MyRegistry = Microsoft.Win32.Registry.LocalMachine
Case "PerformanceData"
MyRegistry = Microsoft.Win32.Registry.PerformanceData
Case "Users"
MyRegistry = Microsoft.Win32.Registry.Users
End Select
End Sub
进入Button1_Click事件
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
MyRegistry.CreateSubKey(SubKey.Text) '创建新键
Results.Items.Add("Create Key " & HKey.Text & "\" & SubKey.Text)
End Sub
进入Button2_Click事件
Private Sub Button2_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button2.Click
MyRegistry.DeleteSubKey(SubKey.Text) '删除键
Results.Items.Add("Delete Key " & HKey.Text & "\" & SubKey.Text)
End Sub
进入Button3_Click事件
Private Sub Button3_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button3.Click
MyRegistry.DeleteSubKeyTree(SubKey.Text) '删除树
Results.Items.Add("Delete Tree " & HKey.Text & "\" & SubKey.Text)
End Sub
声明一个功能
Private Function GKEYString(ByVal KeyString As String)
Dim sLoc
sLoc = InStrRev(KeyString, "\")
If sLoc = 0 Then
GKEYString = KeyString
Else
GKEYString = Microsoft.VisualBasic.Left(KeyString, sLoc - 1)
End If
End Function进入Button4_Click事件
Private Sub Button4_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button4.Click
Dim TempReg '设置键
TempReg = MyRegistry.OpenSubKey(GKEYString(SubKey.Text), -1)
TempReg.SetValue(GKEYString(SubKey.Text), KeyValue.Text)
TempReg.Close()
Results.Items.Add("Set Value " & HKey.Text & "\" & SubKey.Text & " = " & KeyValue.Text)
End Sub
进入Button5_Click事件
Private Sub Button5_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button5.Click
Dim TTReg
TTReg = MyRegistry.OpenSubKey(GKEYString(SubKey.Text), -1)
TTReg.DeleteValue(GKEYString(SubKey.Text))
TTReg.Close()
Results.Items.Add("Delete Value " & HKey.Text & "\" & SubKey.Text) '删除键值
End Sub
进入Button6_Click事件
Private Sub Button6_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button6.Click
Dim TdTReg
TdTReg = MyRegistry.OpenSubKey(GKEYString(SubKey.Text), 0) '读取键
KeyValue.Text = TdTReg.GetValue(GKEYString(SubKey.Text), "")
TdTReg.Close()
Results.Items.Add("Read Value " & HKey.Text & "\" & SubKey.Text)
End Sub
代码输入完毕后，我们运行程序进行测试，输入子键与键值。运行界面如图3所示
好了程序运行成功，注册表应用是我们编程中常要用到的，希望本程序实例能够带给大家帮助，同时希望大家能够多去了解有关这方面的知识，有兴趣的朋友可以举一反三，利用这种思路可以编写出功能更强大的注册表编辑程序。