import win32api
import win32con
def regquerysubkeys(handle, key, keylist = []):
"""
This function returns a recursively generated list of subkeys of a given
key in deletable order, see win32api.RegDeleteKey.
If an unexpected Exception occurs, it is raised!
Parameters
handle: one of the constants from win32con (e.g. win32con.HKEY_CURRENT_USER)
key: a subkey within the handle as a string
keylist: may be left empty, this is just neede for the recursion
Returns
keylist: a list with subkeys in deleteable order
Sample call
regquerysubkeys(win32con.HKEY_CURRENT_USER, "Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\")
"""
#get registry handle
reghandle = win32api.RegOpenKeyEx(handle, key, 0, win32con.KEY_READ)
try:
i = 0
#enumerates subkeys and recursively calls this function again
while True:
subkey = win32api.RegEnumKey(reghandle, i)
i += 1
#braintwister here ;-)
regquerysubkeys(handle, key + subkey + "\\", keylist)
except win32api.error as ex:
#If no more subkeys can be found, we can append ourself
if ex[0] == 259:
keylist.append(key)
#unexpected exception is raised
else:
raise
finally:
#do some cleanup and close the handle
win32api.RegCloseKey(reghandle)
#returns the generated list
return keylist
