Empty ACL list trouble

Hi!
Help me out before I hang myself on the porch!
Office installation has created a record HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.pip key and for
unknown reason has cleared the ACL list for this key. Now it has no owner
and no security records defined.
I can't either remove this record nor add me (Administrator) to the ACL list
to kick this key off!
Does anybody know the workarround?
Thanks on before

> Help me out before I hang myself on the porch!
> Office installation has created a record HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.pip key and for
> unknown reason has cleared the ACL list for this key. Now it has no owner
> and no security records defined.

Please don't hang yourself on the porch. You don't want kids rolling by on
their bikes to see that. Find a big tree in the back yard...

I'm not sure how this would have happened, but launch Regedit.exe as an
admin and then try this:
1. Right-click the key and select permissions
2. Click Advanced
3. Click the Owner tab
4. Select Administrators
5. Check the "Replace owner on subcontainers and objects" box
6. Click OK twice
7. Right-click the key again and select permissions
8. Click Add...
9. Add the desired groups/users and their permissions

As an administrator you have the right to take ownership of an object. Once
you do that you can change its permissions.

> I'm not sure how this would have happened, but launch Regedit.exe as an
> admin and then try this:
> 1. Right-click the key and select permissions
> 2. Click Advanced
> 3. Click the Owner tab
> 4. Select Administrators
> 5. Check the "Replace owner on subcontainers and objects" box
> 6. Click OK twice
> 7. Right-click the key again and select permissions
> 8. Click Add...
> 9. Add the desired groups/users and their permissions
>
> As an administrator you have the right to take ownership of an object.
> Once
> you do that you can change its permissions.

Thanks you, but it doesn't help. Owner change fails because of the lack of
permissions. This issue smells bad. Prolly I need a patch from Vista team to
scan my registry and make me the owner of unowned resources. To be
administrator is not enought. Is there an option run RegEdit with the SYSTEM
credentails?

> Thanks you, but it doesn't help. Owner change fails because of the lack of
> permissions. This issue smells bad. Prolly I need a patch from Vista team to
> scan my registry and make me the owner of unowned resources. To be
> administrator is not enought. Is there an option run RegEdit with the SYSTEM
> credentails?

What error are you getting? Something is truly hosed with your system if
this does not work.

You can run regedit as system using psexec.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sys...ty/PsExec.mspx

Your system sounds horked though. And, I am pretty sure Office did not hork
it. I have never seen that problem caused by Office on any of the systems I
have installed it on.