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From: Remy Lebeau (TeamB)
Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2003 16:34

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"HuangC" <huangc@motic.com.cn> wrote in message
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> Does anyone can tell me how to rename a registry key.

It is not possible to do so directly, there is no API functionaty for that.
You will have to just create a new key with the desired name, recursively
copy all of the old values and subkeys over to it, and then delete the
original.  That is the exact same thing that even Microsoft's own Registry
Editor does.


Gambit

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