Python how to get folder name in registry

Question

i want to get the folder name of a path in the registry, not the key value!

I can already read a key value, so how do i read a folder value?

I want it because i need the version nr. of libreOffice,its only stored in the folder name.

def getRegistryKeyValue (self, root, dir, key):
       currentKey = winreg.OpenKey(root, dir)
       currentVersion, valuetype = winreg.QueryValueEx(currentKey, key)

key = self.getRegistryKeyFolder(winreg.HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, "SOFTWARE\\LibreOffice")

Macke · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-13 13:15:11Z

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Use EnumKey to iterate over "folders" (called "keys" in the registry)

parentKey = winreg.OpenKey(root, dir)
i = 0
while True:
   try:
       key = winreg.EnumKey(parent, i)
       print key
       i += 1
   except WindowsError: 
       break

edited Sep 13, 2012 at 13:15

answered Sep 13, 2012 at 13:07

Macke

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Macke Over a year ago

I linked to the docs... but I've added sample now. Hope it helps

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