reghelpers

gonto.reghelpers.set_winreg_value(root: str, path: str | None, name: str, type_: str, data: Any) → None

Creates a Windows registry key and value and set it to the given data.

Parameters:

• root –

  Name of one of the HKEY_* constant (e.g. "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE").

  See: https://docs.python.org/3/library/winreg.html#hkey-constants

• path – The path of the subkey (e.g. "SOFTWARE\\Foobar").

• name – The name of the value (e.g. "MyValue").

• type –

  The type of the value (e.g. "REG_SZ", "REG_DWORD").

  See: https://docs.python.org/3/library/winreg.html#value-types

• data – The data to put in the value.

Raises:

• ValueError – if an invalid root or type is provided.

• WindowsError|OSError – if an error occurs when creating the key or the value.