Can't open UAC?

[Arya Senna]

Hi,

I've got a problem with Vista User Access Control,
When I try to open it (in Pproperties->Security) it always end failed with
this message :
"Cannot open access control editor. Invalid value for registry".

My account got administrator privelege, and this problem applied for all
objects ("files/folders") in my HDD.
I'm Vista Home Basic Users, and I thought my system is still clean since I
got my PC just about 2 months ago.

I need Vista UAC feature to manage file permission in my PC,
Any help would be very appreciated..

Thanks before

Arya S.







I'm Vista Home Basic users,

 

[Jimmy Brush]

Hello,

Can you open any other administrative applications, such as the registry
editor?

 

[Arya Senna]

Yes, I do can.

Btw, addition, this error message occured when there is a windows shield
icon on "edit" button (it means to all other objects except the objects under
my account folder).

And I just figured out that if I turned off UAC (via MSCONFIG, then reboot)
I can get access to the edit security feature in properties. But if I turned
on it back, my file render unaccessible.

Thank you very much for your response, Jim.

Arya S.

 

[Jimmy Brush]

Could you please do the following:

1) Make sure you have UAC turned ON

2) Download process monitor from Microsoft:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/processesandthreads/processmonitor.mspx
(direct link:
http://download.sysinternals.com/Files/ProcessMonitor.zip)

3) Extract procmon.exe, but do NOT run it yet

4) Open Windows Explorer, right-click on a folder, click properties, click
on the security tab

5) Run procmon.exe, and click OK on the screen that comes up to start
capturing

6) Go back to the properties window displaying the security tab, and then
click the edit button

7) When the error is displayed on the screen, go back to the process monitor
window and click the capture toolbar button to stop capturing (it is the
third button from the left, with a picture of a magnifying glass on it)

8) Click the save button to save to a file (in Native Process Monitor
Format)

9) Reply to me via e-mail with that file as an attachment


Thanks,

 

[Arya Senna]

Oh, thank you. I'll send that to your e-mail

But..--pardon for my ignorance-- you didn't tell me your e-mail, did you??

I can't find your e-mail in your profile.

But from some source, I found your e-mail with domain @mvps.org. hope it's
the right one.
Or I just sent the attachment to (e-mail address removed)? (I
thought all user will get that such e-mail).

Well, I think I'll just send it to both of them..

And the file is quite big, (about 46MiB)

PS : Process Monitor is making change to my registry, It takes .PWL file
association, While I don't want to keep PM, the Explorer will always ask me
where is the .exe. : not good.

Thank you

 

[Arya Senna]

Okay, Jim.. I've sent that to your e-mail @mvps.org. The file is RAR
compressed. Only about 3MiB and if extracted it should be sized 46.6MiB..

Regards
Arya Senna

 

[Arya Senna]

Okay, I revived this thread, hoping for another help, It had been 4 months
long since I posted the problem, still I couldn't get the solution.

My UAC won't work as described above/below (just refer to your sorting
system, ascending or descending)

My Vista is OEM, so AFAIK I can't get support from MS, while the
manufacturer itself, (I presume) won't covers this kind of OS-specific
problem, therefore they will just suggest the 'usage of Recovery Disc' to
restore everything 'all right.

Based from the error message, I believe we could conclude the problem is
located in the registry.
The problem is, I'm just a ordinary user, neither a Windows developer nor an
Windows expert, How could I possibly knew where is the culprit located,
while as we know, Windows' registry is just like jungle especially when we
talk about is size and structure.

Talking about expert, I'd like to say thank to J. Brush, one of MS' MVP. He
kindly trying to help me, even though in the end (I wonder why?) he didn't
reply anything at all, just after I followed his instruction. (He might be a
bit busy at the time

Ok, I'll just repost my problem, to make the issue more clear.

 

[Arya Senna]

Addition, I already using SP1 right now, and thanks before for everyone who
willing to help.

 

[Arya Senna]

Post of Jimmy Brush somehow got deleted. :-?

 

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

Arya

Jimmy has a website with information and a contact form here:

JB's Windows Vista Support FAQ, tips, tricks, and downloads:
http://www.jimmah.com/vista/

 

[Arya Senna]

Ronnie,

Thanks for informed me, but did you have any idea about my problem?

 

[bluenote229]

Hi There,

I have had this same problem for the past few months now and cannot find any
information anywhere. Whenever you try to gain access to UAC in order to
change a file permission, it gives this error message. Is there a value in
the registry that I can change to fix this problem (as it does mention there
is an "invalid value in the registry")? I can't do a system restore and I
certainly don't want to re-install windows.

If anyone is still watching this thread, any response/ideas would be greatly
appreciated.

Briar