Registry Corrupt

[TM]

While trying to install a Norton Antivirus upgrade, I was given the following
message: "You do not have access to the registry key HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT or
one of its subkeys. Please change the permissions then launch setup again."
When I tried following the instructions for changing the permissions I
realized that I did not have an Administrator group or a System group, which
were both required. I tried to add these, but before i did I made sure the
system had a good restore point and I made a backup copy of the registry.

After making the changes I was no longer able to access any Icons or Apps on
my screen. Even in Safe Mode I am unable to lauch the Registry to restore the
backup. When I try to run an App I get a strange message which states "This
file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action.
Create an association in the Folder Options control panel." So I have been
unable to run the system restore or restore the backup of the Registry.

Is there any way to get the registry restored?

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

Aaron Stebner's WebLog Solving setup errors by using the SubInACL tool to
repair file and registry permissions:
http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2006/09/04/739820.aspx

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Mark L. Ferguson

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[TM]

Thank you for the info, unfortunately this solution will not help me now. My
issue is the fact that I cannot get most of my applications to run, even in
safe mode. I am able to do things like view files, but I cannot launch
regedt to restore the Registry backup I have. I can't even use the control
panel to create a new profile. I've never heard of a problem like this
before. I"ll keep looking but in the meantime I am pulling my data of this
drive and If I don't get anywhere soon I will use the System Recovery disk.