wslwinreg Namespace Reference

A drop in replacement for winreg for Cygwin, MSYS2 and Windows Subsystem for Linux. More...

Namespaces
namespace	common
	Windows constants and function common to both WSL and Cygwin implementaions.
namespace	cygwinapi
	Package that implements winreg for MSYS and Cygwin.
namespace	nullapi
	Package that contains stub functions for unsupported platforms.
namespace	wslapi
	Package that implements winreg for Windows Subsystem for Linux.

Classes
class	WinRegKey
	Registry key helper class. More...

Functions
	get_HKCU ()
	Open HKEY_CURRENT_USER.
	get_HKLM_32 ()
	Open HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, 32 bit view.
	get_HKLM_64 ()
	Open HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, 64 bit view.

Variables
tuple	__numversion__ = (1, 1, 2)
	Numeric version.
str	__version__ = ".".join([str(num) for num in __numversion__])
	Current version of the library.
str	__author__ = "Rebecca Ann Heineman"
	Author's name.
str	__title__ = "wslwinreg"
	Name of the module.
str	__summary__ = "Drop in replacement for winreg for Cygwin, MSYS2 and WSL"
	Summary of the module's use.
str	__uri__ = "http://wslwinreg.readthedocs.io"
	Home page.
str	__email__ = "becky@burgerbecky.com"
	Email address for bug reports.
str	__license__ = "MIT License"
	Type of license used for distribution.
str	__copyright__ = "Copyright 2020-2025 Rebecca Ann Heineman"
	Copyright owner.

Detailed Description

A drop in replacement for winreg for Cygwin, MSYS2 and Windows Subsystem for Linux.

This module provides access to the Windows registry API.

Function Documentation

get_HKCU()

wslwinreg.get_HKCU

(

)

Open HKEY_CURRENT_USER.

Returns

Read only WinRegKey for HKEY_CURRENT_USER

get_HKLM_32()

wslwinreg.get_HKLM_32

(

)

Open HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, 32 bit view.

Returns

Read only WinRegKey for HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE with KEY_WOW64_32KEY

get_HKLM_64()

wslwinreg.get_HKLM_64

(

)

Open HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, 64 bit view.

Returns

Read only WinRegKey for HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE with KEY_WOW64_64KEY