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Mr. Boy
Mr. Boy

Reputation: 63748

Access(read-only) Windows registry from a web-page?

Barring a custom browser-plugin, is there a way to read the Windows registry from a web-page? It sounds like a big security issue but the situation is we have very non-savvy users and we want to have them get some info about their machines for us. Even downloading and running a little app might confuse them, but a web-page that magically gets the info would be fine as they just click a link we send.

Any thoughts on how to do this, or if it's simply impossible, are welcome. Note it is corporate therefore Windows-only and can even be IE-only if needed.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 930

Answers (2)

DavidJCobb
DavidJCobb

Reputation: 1131

You can't do it from an ordinary web page.

If it's acceptable to have the user download a file, you can write an HTA -- a standalone web page with access to certain Windows features, including the file system and registry.

Upvotes: 0

SLaks
SLaks

Reputation: 887479

No; you need ActiveX or a plugin.

Upvotes: 1

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