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Old 10-31-2006   #1 (permalink)
jybeaugrand


 
 

Vista's registry virtualization

Hi,
I have different accounts (administrator, users and power user), so I can
not write into my Registry (HKLM) in the user mode. And I don't want to write
into HKCUser beacause is not accessible by other account.
I don't want to "Run as administator", but I want to write in the registry
in the zone accessible by the user accounts (like administrator or another
users).

What is the location shared by all account ?
Best Regards
--
OS & Driver Product Engineer

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Old 10-31-2006   #2 (permalink)
Jimmy Brush


 
 

Re: Vista's registry virtualization

Hello,

There is not an area of the registry that is writable by all accounts. If
you require this, you will need to configure this manually: run regedit and
create a registry key inside of HKLM and change the permissions on this key
so that the users group has write access (right-click it and click
permissions).


--
- JB

Windows Vista Support Faq
http://www.jimmah.com/vista/

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Old 10-31-2006   #3 (permalink)
jybeaugrand


 
 

Re: Vista's registry virtualization

Is it possible to configure the permissions inside the InstallShield
12 setup ?

OS & Driver Product Engineer


"Jimmy Brush" wrote:

> Hello,
>
> There is not an area of the registry that is writable by all accounts. If
> you require this, you will need to configure this manually: run regedit and
> create a registry key inside of HKLM and change the permissions on this key
> so that the users group has write access (right-click it and click
> permissions).
>
>
> --
> - JB
>
> Windows Vista Support Faq
> http://www.jimmah.com/vista/
>

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Old 10-31-2006   #4 (permalink)
jybeaugrand


 
 

Re: Vista's registry virtualization

Thank for your reply,

Is it possible to configure the permissions inside the InstallShield 12
setup ?

Jean yves
--
OS & Driver Product Engineer


"Jimmy Brush" wrote:

> Hello,
>
> There is not an area of the registry that is writable by all accounts. If
> you require this, you will need to configure this manually: run regedit and
> create a registry key inside of HKLM and change the permissions on this key
> so that the users group has write access (right-click it and click
> permissions).
>
>
> --
> - JB
>
> Windows Vista Support Faq
> http://www.jimmah.com/vista/
>

My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 10-31-2006   #5 (permalink)
Steve


 
 

Re: Vista's registry virtualization

Any installer runs with Admin privileges, so you can write to HKLM.

The simple rules are :

Write to HKLM at install
Read from HKLM at runtime
Read/Write to HKCU at runtime

As for your Q, "can you do this with installshield". I am sure you can, but
its been awhile since I have created an installer with install shield. You
may need to create your own custom action.

Steve


"jybeaugrand" <jybeaugrand@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B93D238E-D7AE-49CE-8480-494AA99FD2BC@microsoft.com...
> Thank for your reply,
>
> Is it possible to configure the permissions inside the InstallShield 12
> setup ?
>
> Jean yves
> --
> OS & Driver Product Engineer
>
>
> "Jimmy Brush" wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> There is not an area of the registry that is writable by all accounts. If
>> you require this, you will need to configure this manually: run regedit
>> and
>> create a registry key inside of HKLM and change the permissions on this
>> key
>> so that the users group has write access (right-click it and click
>> permissions).
>>
>>
>> --
>> - JB
>>
>> Windows Vista Support Faq
>> http://www.jimmah.com/vista/
>>


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