How could i change permission on registrykey

[Judith Schmidt]

Hi

i need a way to set permission on a registry key where i have got not rights
to open it. But i am the owner (administrator) .

The following code fails on OpenSubKey() with
System.Security .SecurityExcept ion: Requested registry access is not allowed

// ----start----
SetPermissions( ){
String^ user = Environment::Us erDomainName + "\\testuser ";
RegistryKey^ openedKey;
RegistrySecurit y regSecurity = gcnew RegistrySecurit y();
regSecurity->AddAccessRule( gcnew RegistryAccessR ule(user,
RegistryRights: :ReadKey,
InheritanceFlag s::ContainerInh erit | InheritanceFlag s::ObjectInheri t,
PropagationFlag s::InheritOnly,
AccessControlTy pe::Allow));
regSecurity->SetAccessRuleP rotection(false ,true);
openedKey =
Registry::Users->OpenSubKey(" S-1-5-18\\software\\t estkey",true);
openedKey->SetAccessContr ol(regSecurity) ;
return 0;
}
// ----end----

[Willy Denoyette [MVP]]

"Judith Schmidt" <an*********@ao l.comwrote in message
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Hi

i need a way to set permission on a registry key where i have got not
rights to open it. But i am the owner (administrator) .

The following code fails on OpenSubKey() with
System.Security .SecurityExcept ion: Requested registry access is not
allowed

// ----start----
SetPermissions( ){
String^ user = Environment::Us erDomainName + "\\testuser ";
RegistryKey^ openedKey;
RegistrySecurit y regSecurity = gcnew RegistrySecurit y();
regSecurity->AddAccessRule( gcnew RegistryAccessR ule(user,
RegistryRights: :ReadKey,
InheritanceFlag s::ContainerInh erit | InheritanceFlag s::ObjectInheri t,
PropagationFlag s::InheritOnly,
AccessControlTy pe::Allow));
regSecurity->SetAccessRuleP rotection(false ,true);
openedKey =
Registry::Users->OpenSubKey(" S-1-5-18\\software\\t estkey",true);
openedKey->SetAccessContr ol(regSecurity) ;
return 0;
}
// ----end----

That means you don't run as "administrator" . Be aware that "administrators "
run as normal users on Vista! If you need to perform administrative tasks
you'll have to run with elevated privileges.

Willy.