RegistryInterop.cs

using System;
using Microsoft.Win32;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

public class RegistryInterop
{
    [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
    private struct LUID
    {
        public uint LowPart;
        public int HighPart;
    }

    [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
    private struct LUID_AND_ATTRIBUTES
    {
        public LUID pLuid;
        public UInt32 Attributes;
    }

    [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, Pack = 1)]
    private struct TokPriv1Luid
    {
        public int Count;
        public LUID Luid;
        public UInt32 Attr;
    }

    private const Int32 ANYSIZE_ARRAY = 1;
    private const UInt32 SE_PRIVILEGE_ENABLED = 0x00000002;
    private const UInt32 TOKEN_ADJUST_PRIVILEGES = 0x0020;
    private const UInt32 TOKEN_QUERY = 0x0008;

    private const uint HKEY_USERS = 0x80000003;
    private const string SE_RESTORE_NAME = "SeRestorePrivilege";
    private const string SE_BACKUP_NAME = "SeBackupPrivilege";

    [DllImport("kernel32.dll")]
    static extern IntPtr GetCurrentProcess();

    [DllImport("advapi32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
    [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
    static extern bool OpenProcessToken(IntPtr ProcessHandle, UInt32 DesiredAccess, out IntPtr TokenHandle);

    [DllImport("advapi32.dll", SetLastError = true, CharSet = CharSet.Auto)]
    [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
    static extern bool LookupPrivilegeValue(string lpSystemName, string lpName, out LUID lpLuid);

    [DllImport("advapi32.dll", ExactSpelling = true, SetLastError = true)]
    static extern bool AdjustTokenPrivileges(
        IntPtr htok,
        bool disableAllPrivileges,
        ref TokPriv1Luid newState,
        int len,
        IntPtr prev,
        IntPtr relen);

    [DllImport("advapi32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
    static extern long RegLoadKey(UInt32 hKey, String lpSubKey, String lpFile);

    [DllImport("advapi32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
    static extern long RegUnLoadKey(UInt32 hKey, string lpSubKey);

    private static IntPtr _myToken;
    private static TokPriv1Luid _tokenPrivileges = new TokPriv1Luid();
    private static TokPriv1Luid _tokenPrivileges2 = new TokPriv1Luid();

    private static LUID _restoreLuid;
    private static LUID _backupLuid;

    public static void EnablePrivilege()
    {
        if (!OpenProcessToken(GetCurrentProcess(), TOKEN_ADJUST_PRIVILEGES | TOKEN_QUERY, out _myToken))
            Console.WriteLine("OpenProcess Error");

        if (!LookupPrivilegeValue(null, SE_RESTORE_NAME, out _restoreLuid))
            Console.WriteLine("LookupPrivilegeValue Error");

        if (!LookupPrivilegeValue(null, SE_BACKUP_NAME, out _backupLuid))
            Console.WriteLine("LookupPrivilegeValue Error");

        _tokenPrivileges.Attr = SE_PRIVILEGE_ENABLED;
        _tokenPrivileges.Luid = _restoreLuid;
        _tokenPrivileges.Count = 1;

        _tokenPrivileges2.Attr = SE_PRIVILEGE_ENABLED;
        _tokenPrivileges2.Luid = _backupLuid;
        _tokenPrivileges2.Count = 1;

        if (!AdjustTokenPrivileges(_myToken, false, ref _tokenPrivileges, 0, IntPtr.Zero, IntPtr.Zero))
            Console.WriteLine("AdjustTokenPrivileges Error: " + Marshal.GetLastWin32Error());

        if (!AdjustTokenPrivileges(_myToken, false, ref _tokenPrivileges2, 0, IntPtr.Zero, IntPtr.Zero))
            Console.WriteLine("AdjustTokenPrivileges Error: " + Marshal.GetLastWin32Error());
    }

    public static string Load(string subkey, string file)
    {
        EnablePrivilege();
        long retVal = RegLoadKey(HKEY_USERS, subkey, file);

        return subkey;
    }

    public static void UnLoad(string subkey)
    {
        EnablePrivilege();
        long retVal = RegUnLoadKey(HKEY_USERS, subkey);
    }
}