Can't write registry settings in a Windows Service.

[John Hoffman]

Hello

I have a routine that among other things, reads and writes some simple settings to the registry. Everything works fine. I port this program to a windows service and start it and everthing works fine except it won't write any data to the registry. I can read it, but can't write it. I used .net 2003 debugger and attached to the process and when I write the key it doesn't throw an exception. I have tried having the service log in with Administrator privelages but still can't write..

Any ideas

TIA
John Hoffman

[WRH]

Hello

I had a similar problem that was solved by putting stuff in
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and not HKEY_CURRENT_USER

Hope this helps

"John Hoffman" <an*******@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Hello,

I have a routine that among other things, reads and writes some simple settings to the registry. Everything works fine. I port this program to a
windows service and start it and everthing works fine except it won't write
any data to the registry. I can read it, but can't write it. I used .net
2003 debugger and attached to the process and when I write the key it
doesn't throw an exception. I have tried having the service log in with
Administrator privelages but still can't write...
Any ideas?

TIA,
John Hoffman

[WRH]

Hello

I had a similar problem that was solved by putting stuff in
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and not HKEY_CURRENT_USER

Hope this helps

"John Hoffman" <an*******@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:AC**********************************@microsof t.com...

Hello,

I have a routine that among other things, reads and writes some simple settings to the registry. Everything works fine. I port this program to a
windows service and start it and everthing works fine except it won't write
any data to the registry. I can read it, but can't write it. I used .net
2003 debugger and attached to the process and when I write the key it
doesn't throw an exception. I have tried having the service log in with
Administrator privelages but still can't write...
Any ideas?

TIA,
John Hoffman

[John Hoffman]

That sure solved it. Thanks much

-J