Merge pull request #7 from galich/local-user

register app for local user, does not require admin rights
EslaMx7 · Jul 14, 2017 · d3c5005 · d3c5005
2 parents b5a1e3b + 8b6d7cf
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diff --git a/PasteAsFile/Program.cs b/PasteAsFile/Program.cs
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ public static void UnRegisterApp()
         {
             try
             {
-                var key = Registry.ClassesRoot.OpenSubKey("Directory").OpenSubKey("Background").OpenSubKey("shell",true);
-                key.DeleteSubKeyTree("Paste As File");
+				var key = OpenDirectoryKey().OpenSubKey(@"Background\shell", true);
+				key.DeleteSubKeyTree("Paste As File");
 
-                key = Registry.ClassesRoot.OpenSubKey("Directory").OpenSubKey("shell", true);
-                key.DeleteSubKeyTree("Paste As File");
+				key = OpenDirectoryKey().OpenSubKey("shell", true);
+				key.DeleteSubKeyTree("Paste As File");
 
                 MessageBox.Show("Application has been Unregistered from your system", "Paste As File", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Information);
 
@@ -63,12 +63,12 @@ public static void RegisterApp()
         {
             try
             {
-                var key = Registry.ClassesRoot.OpenSubKey("Directory").OpenSubKey("Background").OpenSubKey("shell",true).CreateSubKey("Paste As File");
-                key = key.CreateSubKey("command");
+				var key = OpenDirectoryKey().CreateSubKey(@"Background\shell").CreateSubKey("Paste As File");
+				key = key.CreateSubKey("command");
                 key.SetValue("", Application.ExecutablePath + " \"%V\"");
 
-                key = Registry.ClassesRoot.OpenSubKey("Directory").OpenSubKey("shell",true).CreateSubKey("Paste As File");
-                key = key.CreateSubKey("command");
+				key = OpenDirectoryKey().CreateSubKey("shell").CreateSubKey("Paste As File");
+				key = key.CreateSubKey("command");
                 key.SetValue("", Application.ExecutablePath + " \"%1\"");
                 MessageBox.Show("Application has been registered with your system", "Paste As File", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Information);
 
@@ -100,5 +100,10 @@ public static void RestartApp()
             }
             Application.Exit();
         }
-    }
+
+		static RegistryKey OpenDirectoryKey()
+		{
+			return Registry.CurrentUser.CreateSubKey(@"Software\Classes\Directory");
+		}
+	}
 }
diff --git a/PasteAsFile/frmMain.cs b/PasteAsFile/frmMain.cs
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ private void frmMain_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
             txtFilename.Text = DateTime.Now.ToString("dd-MM-yyyy HH-mm-ss");
             txtCurrentLocation.Text = CurrentLocation ?? @"C:\";
 
-            if (Registry.GetValue(@"HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\Paste As File\command", "", null) == null)
-            {
+			if (Registry.GetValue(@"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Directory\Background\shell\Paste As File\command", "", null) == null)
+			{
                 if (MessageBox.Show("Seems that you are running this application for the first time,\nDo you want to Register it with your system Context Menu ?", "Paste As File", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo, MessageBoxIcon.Question) == DialogResult.Yes)
                 {
                     Program.RegisterApp();