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Gerry
Gerry

Reputation: 1928

Why can't program write to HKEY_CURRENTUSER in Windows 7?

The code below fails when running on Windows 7, with default access levels. (This is a C# application, built with Visual Studio 2010). I am writing to HKEY_CurrentUser, which is where I should be allowed to create and read keys.

Do I need to modify my program's manifest? or is there another arcane trick?

Under Windows 7, If you dial down the notify setting on your user account, the code works. But not with the factory setting. Should programmers give up on the registry?

RegistryKey regsoftware = Registry.CurrentUser.OpenSubKey("Software", true);
RegistryKey regsw = regsoftware.CreateSubKey("MyCompanyName");

regsw.SetValue("User", Id);
regsw.SetValue("Pwd", encodeString(Pw));

Thanks, Gerry

Upvotes: 0

Views: 3311

Answers (2)

surendran
surendran

Reputation: 476

By default if you wanna run your app with admin privileges you can try this.

Go to Project->properties->Drop down "Linker" option->Manifest File->in your right pane check "UAC Execution Level" -> choose "requireAdministrator" (I'm using VS2008 hope it should be same in VS2010). Thatz all you have to do.

Upvotes: 1

in3xu4
in3xu4

Reputation: 978

You have to run your program as an administrator. you can check whether an operation needs elevation or not and elevate an operation if needed with the WinAPI CodePack for .NET Framework.

Upvotes: 0

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