monti0505
17th July 2008 10:24 UTC

Set registry user rights
Hi,

my first post :)

I want to know whether there is a possibility to set the user rights for an entry in the registry.

Background info:

I made an entry with WriteRegStr.
When a user with Main-User rights logs in to WIN XP he has only rights to read the entry but not full access.
When I log in as admin I have all rights.

The software has to read the entry later but can do this only when the rights are fully setted. I do not know why this is like that because usually the right to read should be suffice.

I tried to use MULTIUSER_INIT macros.
The installer asks for whether to install the software for all users or not but the rights are still the same in the registry..

I hope someone can help me.

kichik
17th July 2008 20:01 UTC

You shouldn't do this for security reasons. But if you really want to, you can use the AccessControl plug-in from the Wiki.

KrisAster
17th July 2008 20:15 UTC

This seems to be a problem in the way that your program (not the installer) is reading from the registry. This is a common problem that is very easy to do accidentally. I would check to see what permission flags are being used to read the registry values.

Especially with the way that Vista handles security now, you probably should check your program out as this will be even more of a problem for you as more and more people adopt Vista. And, to change the permissions of the registry during an installation is probably not playing nice with a user's machine, IMOHO.

monti0505
18th July 2008 09:54 UTC

Okay, thank you for your answer. I think the bug is in the software. I will search for it.