NLog Registry LayoutRenderer

September 4, 2025 ยท View on GitHub

Version AppVeyor

NLog Registry LayoutRenderer to output value from Windows Registry.

If having trouble with output, then check NLog InternalLogger for clues. See also Troubleshooting NLog

See the NLog Wiki for available options and examples.

Register Extension

NLog will only recognize type-alias registry when loading from NLog.config-file, if having added extension to NLog.config-file:

<extensions>
    <add assembly="NLog.WindowsRegistry"/>
</extensions>

Alternative register from code using fluent configuration API:

LogManager.Setup().SetupExtensions(ext => {
   ext.RegisterLayoutRenderer<NLog.LayoutRenderers.RegistryLayoutRenderer>();
});