What permissions should we set

[David Thielen]

Hi;

In our installer we want to make sure all users can read the registry
entries we set in HKCR & HKLM. Our app is an Office AddIn and these
are the settings needed for Office to load the AddIn.

It's not sufficient to use the currently running user because in many
cases it's an admin installing the program and a different user
running it. We also cannot use domain groups because the user may not
be on a domain.

Should we just give "Everyone" read permission?

thanks - dave

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[FromTheRafters]

Hi;

In our installer we want to make sure all users can read the registry
entries we set in HKCR & HKLM.

When setting the entries, Vista may be setting them in a virtualized key
and directing actual key read attempts to the virtualized key. When
reading values from the virtualized key, they take precedence over the
values in the actual key if present there. Values present in the actual
key will be used if no other value for that key is there in the
virtualized key. Is this program supposed to be for Vista? Maybe a
compatibility shim can help? Maybe a different IPC mechanism is needed?

Our app is an Office AddIn and these
are the settings needed for Office to load the AddIn.

Does the application write values to those keys while running in user
mode? If so, I believe those new values should be persistent for that
user but have no effect on the actual key or the virtualized keys of
other users.

It's not sufficient to use the currently running user because in many
cases it's an admin installing the program and a different user
running it. We also cannot use domain groups because the user may not
be on a domain.

Should we just give "Everyone" read permission?

Virtualization can be turned off for selected programs, but that may not
produce the results you want either.