Namespace root/default

The WMI namespace root/default contains classes to access the Windows Registry.

root/default contains the following 5 classes:

The namespace root/default contains many more classes that may serve internal purposes (link classes to define relationships, abstract classes that serve as a template for inherited classes, etc.). If you feel our documentation is missing an important class, please take the time and leave a comment at the bottom of this page.

RegistryEvent

PROPERTIES: 0

The RegistryEvent class is an abstract class from which the RegistryKeyChangeEvent, RegistryTreeChangeEvent, and RegistryValueChangeEvent classes are derived. For more information about using the WMI registry event classes, see the Modifying the System Registry section. For code examples, see WMI Tasks: Registry.

RegistryKeyChangeEvent

PROPERTIES: 2

The RegistryKeyChangeEvent class represents changes to a specific key. The changes apply only to the key, not its subkeys. For more information about using the WMI registry event classes, see the Modifying the System Registry section. For code examples, see WMI Tasks: Registry.

RegistryTreeChangeEvent

PROPERTIES: 2

The RegistryTreeChangeEvent class represents changes to a key and its subkeys. For more information about using the WMI registry event classes, see the Modifying the System Registry section. For code examples, see the WMI Tasks: Registry topic.

RegistryValueChangeEvent

PROPERTIES: 3

The RegistryValueChangeEvent class represents changes to a single value of a specific key. For more information about using the WMI registry event classes, see Modifying the System Registry. For code examples, see WMI Tasks: Registry.

StdRegProv

PROPERTIES: 0 METHODS: 20

The StdRegProv class contains methods that manipulate system registry keys and values. StdRegProv is preinstalled in the WMI namespaces root\default and root\cimv2.