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Registry Key

RegistryKey

Bases: BaseModel

Represents a registry key.

References

  1. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/sysinfo/structure-of-the-registry ↩

export_reg 

export_reg(location: RegistryPath) -> Generator[str]

Export the Context Menu as a .reg file format.

Example 
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\*\shell\ConvertVideo]
"MUIVerb"="Convert mp4..."
"SubCommands"=""

Yields:

Type Description
Generator[str]

Lines of the .reg file.
References

  1. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/how-to-add-modify-or-delete-registry-subkeys-and-values-by-using-a-reg-file-9c7f37cf-a5e9-e1cd-c4fa-2a26218a1a23. ↩

Source code in context_menu_toolkit/registry/registry_structs/registry_key.py 
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def export_reg(self, location: RegistryPath) -> Generator[str]:
    r"""Export the Context Menu as a .reg file format.

    Example:
        ```python3
        [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\*\shell\ConvertVideo]
        "MUIVerb"="Convert mp4..."
        "SubCommands"=""
        ```

    Yields:
        Lines of the .reg file.

    References:
        [^1]: <https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/how-to-add-modify-or-delete-registry-subkeys-and-values-by-using-a-reg-file-9c7f37cf-a5e9-e1cd-c4fa-2a26218a1a23>.
    """
    yield f"[{location / self.name}]"
    for value in self.values:
        yield value.export_reg()

    yield ""
    for subkey in self.subkeys:
        yield from subkey.export_reg(location / self.name)