What is the default registry permission for HKLM?

[ML Chin]

hi All,

I have created an additional user and added it to the
Administrator's group. I've started "regedit" and then
went to HKLM and right click and tried to create an
additional key. I got the following error:

Cannot create key: Error writing to the registry

Is this normal? I'm trying to use Windows scripting to
add some lines to the Windows XP registry. Any help? This
behavior does not seem to apply to HKCR, HKCU, HKCC. It
only happens with HKLM and HK_Users.

Any pointers would be appreciated. Thank you.

Regards,
cml

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

This depends on which specific sub branch you're trying to write to. The
permissions vary.

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

You can only add a new key to a sub branch of HKLM. New keys added directly to HKLM are via other means - global hardware info or OS data for example.

Will

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

My site has some, and there are others like www.billsway.com/vbspage ,
www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm and others.

If you need to create a key off the root of HKLM, then you can right click
the HKLM branch and select Permissions and adjust the permissions to allow
the creation of subkeys. If you need to do it on another machine,
............. well..............