Re: Registry Permissions Error

From: Michel Gallant (MVP) (neutron@istar.ca)
Date: 02/20/03 

Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 12:43:12 -0500
From: "Michel Gallant (MVP)" <neutron@istar.ca>

You are running into user permissions to access the registry. This level of
security is "below" .net so applies to it also.
All settings are discussed in detail in W2k ResKit herre:
 http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/en-us/default.asp?url=/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/en-us/prork/prdd_sec_njrp.asp

Note sections on HKCU versus HKLM permissions for various users.

 - Michel Gallant
   MVP Security
   http://www.jensign.com

Scott Adams wrote:

> Hello.
>
> I have created a Windows application with VB.NET that depends heavily on
> writing to, reading from, and creating keys in the registry. All is well on
> my dev box which runs Win2K pro (on an Admin account). When I install the
> app on a user's machine who is not an Administrator (restricted security
> policy), the user is not able to create keys in the registry. (The same is
> true if the user manually tries to open regedit.exe and tries to create a
> key.) I have researched heavily into this issue, yet the answer evades me.
> Can someone help please? Thanks.
>
> Sample code:
> Public Sub SampleSub
> Dim regKey as Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey = _
> Microsoft.Win32.Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey("Software\MyApp",
> True)
> regKey.SetValue("MyValue","MyData")
> regKey.Close
> End Sub
>
> Error message is from "mscorlib"; "Requested registry access is not
> allowed."
>
> Scott Adams
> AdamsSoft Co.

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