Legacy Drivers & Win7 x64

Hey guys.. first time posting here.. but i have been browsing these forums for quite some time.

I am a huge fan/user of NSIS.
While many have converted to PAF, i faithfully am sticking by.

I have successfully compiled many Portable Launchers for my apps.
and have run into many problems, but always found an answer by trial & error/research.

Until now: i have been frustrated for many weeks now.

Problem: i can't seem to delete legacy registry keys.
My OS: Win7/64

I have tried Access::Control plugin without success.

The problem is the key can only be deleted under 'System'.

Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks in advance

NSIS has no support for running things as System, if you want to do that you need to call a utility like psexec or use a service.

Did you take ownership of the key with AccessControl::SetRegKeyOwner before changing the ACL as admin?

Did you check with Process Monitor to make sure this is a access denied issue?

Are you using SetRegView?

Originally Posted by Anders View Post

NSIS has no support for running things as System, if you want to do that you need to call a utility like psexec or use a service.

very nice.. PsExec.exe did it 🙂
thank you so very much for the prompt response.

Originally Posted by Anders View Post

NSIS has no support for running things as System, if you want to do that you need to call a utility like psexec or use a service.

Did you take ownership of the key with AccessControl::SetRegKeyOwner before changing the ACL as admin?

Did you check with Process Monitor to make sure this is a access denied issue?

Are you using SetRegView?

hey Anders,
thanks for mentioning PsExec..
that's what im using to delete legacy keys ..

however.. i have seen apps use AccessControl to delete legacy keys, but when i run those apps on my computer.. it doesn't work.

i have also ran into SetACL, which in it's documentation, says: "can be used to delete those pesky legacy keys".

neither of which works..

and yes.. i tried setregview, SetRegKeyOwner first, etc..

on my computer.. legacy keys are registered to "System".
is this the case just for Windows 7?

i have been looking into this for quite a while and it seems im the only one who seems to have a problem deleting legacy keys.

i can use PsExec.. but if i could find an alternative.. it would be better.. as PsExec scares people.. they think im trying to "secretly take over" their computers.. lol.

thanks for any other suggestions/tips.

PsExec scares people.. they think im trying to "secretly take over" their computers.. lol.

well, offtopic - there is nothing to lol with your actions - at least you change important settings and this destroy windows. thats worth to kickass.

You will have to write a Windows service in C then. This can be created, executed and then deleted using a services plug-in such as SimpleSC.

Stu

Originally Posted by Afrow UK View Post

You will have to write a Windows service in C then. This can be created, executed and then deleted using a services plug-in such as SimpleSC.

Stu

this post is rather old, and i completely forgot about this.

i was able to figure it out using Access::Control.
my syntax was incorrect.

although.. i wish there was a /r (recursive) switch.
it would save a lot of coding.