diff --git a/src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.ProjectSystem.Managed.VS/ProjectSystem/VS/Utilities/RegistryService.cs b/src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.ProjectSystem.Managed.VS/ProjectSystem/VS/Utilities/RegistryService.cs
index adaff45ca2..66603f85cb 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.ProjectSystem.Managed.VS/ProjectSystem/VS/Utilities/RegistryService.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.ProjectSystem.Managed.VS/ProjectSystem/VS/Utilities/RegistryService.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 // Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements. The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license. See the LICENSE.md file in the project root for more information.
 
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using Microsoft.Win32;
+using Microsoft.Win32.SafeHandles;
 
 namespace Microsoft.VisualStudio.ProjectSystem.VS.Utilities;
 
@@ -21,7 +23,10 @@ internal class RegistryService : IRegistry
     public string[] GetValueNames(RegistryHive hive, RegistryView view, string subKeyPath)
     {
         using RegistryKey? subKey = OpenSubKey(hive, view, subKeyPath);
-        return subKey?.GetValueNames() ?? [];
+
+        return subKey is null
+            ? []
+            : GetValueNames(subKey);
     }
 
     private static RegistryKey? OpenSubKey(RegistryHive hive, RegistryView view, string subKeyPath)
@@ -37,4 +42,63 @@ public string[] GetValueNames(RegistryHive hive, RegistryView view, string subKe
             return null;
         }
     }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Functional equivalent of <see cref="RegistryKey.GetValueNames"/>. Implemented
+    /// as net framework implementation of this method allocates 32 KB buffer on every
+    /// invocation.
+    /// </summary>
+    private static string[] GetValueNames(RegistryKey key)
+    {
+        List<string> names = new List<string>();
+        char[] name = new char[128];
+        int nameLength = name.Length;
+        SafeRegistryHandle handle = key.Handle;
+        int enumIndex = 0;
+
+        int result = NativeMethods.RegEnumValue(handle, enumIndex, name, ref nameLength, IntPtr.Zero, null, null, null);
+        while (result != NativeMethods.ERROR_NO_MORE_ITEMS)
+        {
+            if (result == NativeMethods.ERROR_SUCCESS)
+            {
+                names.Add(new string(name, 0, nameLength));
+                enumIndex++;
+            }
+            else if (result == NativeMethods.ERROR_MORE_DATA)
+            {
+                // Buffer was too small, increase it's size and call again for the same index
+                name = new char[name.Length * 2];
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                // Unknown error, skip this item
+                enumIndex++;
+            }
+
+            // Always set the name length back to the buffer size
+            nameLength = name.Length;
+
+            result = NativeMethods.RegEnumValue(handle, enumIndex, name, ref nameLength, IntPtr.Zero, null, null, null);
+        }
+
+        return names.ToArray();
+    }
+
+    private static class NativeMethods
+    {
+        internal const int ERROR_SUCCESS = 0;
+        internal const int ERROR_MORE_DATA = 234;
+        internal const int ERROR_NO_MORE_ITEMS = 259;
+
+        [DllImport("advapi32.dll")]
+        internal static extern int RegEnumValue(
+            SafeRegistryHandle hKey,
+            int dwIndex,
+            [Out] char[] lpValueName,
+            ref int lpcbValueName,
+            IntPtr lpReserved_MustBeZero,
+            int[]? lpType,
+            byte[]? lpData,
+            int[]? lpcbData);
+    }
 }