HKCU is read only for LUA ?

In my install script I am trying to create a new value in the following registry key:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

This value never gets written. 🙁

Using regedit, I checked permissions for this key (XP, both SP2 and SP3) - sure enough the key is ready-only.

Read-only for HKCU ???

What gives?

I thought that HKCU are supposed to be writable by the current user (CU) regardless whether he is LUA or has admin privileges?

Did I miss something?

Thanks,
Ron

yeah, I hate that key. but it needs to be that way, its there to force a policy on the user. if a normal user could write to it, there would be no point

Originally posted by Anders
yeah, I hate that key.

Is it only that key? Are there other "HKCU" keys that I should be watching for?

I searched the entire Google & Yahoo regarding this key and there is not a single hint about its trickiness.

By now I know it's not an NSIS subject per-se but the only way I came across this anomaly was by using NSIS. Maybe this information can help other NSIS programmers who don't understand why their script doesn't work. 😱

you also have HKCU\software\Policies

Originally posted by Anders
you also have HKCU\software\Policies

Thanks Anders.