How to create the Subkey in local machine in registry?

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RegistryKey key = Registry.LocalMachine.CreateSubKey("SOFTWARE\\PRODUCTNAME");

An acception occured.
Access denied.

Any idea how to access the registry local machine and create the sub key.

I have created the subkey in Current User.
I want to create the subkey in Local Machine.

Posted 15-Apr-11 0:35am

Santoshshrest

Updated 18-Jul-16 19:50pm

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Ramalinga Koushik · Answer 1 · 2011-04-15T00:43:00

Solution 1

Hope this[^] might help you.

Posted 15-Apr-11 0:43am

Ramalinga Koushik

Yusuf · Answer 2 · 2011-04-15T00:45:00

Solution 2

It looks like a permission issue. Non admin users or elevated admin users do not have permission right to modify HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE key. What user are you using?

Posted 15-Apr-11 0:45am

Yusuf

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Sandeep Mewara 15-Apr-11 8:52am

Comment from OP:
i am using admin user..
O/S windows 7 home premium
when i install the software how it can create the subkey in local machine....

Dave Kreskowiak 16-Apr-11 23:45pm

No, you're not. An admin user does not do anything as an admin until you get asked about it or you launch an application that explicitly specifies it requires admin priv's in its manifest. You probably don't have a manifest file in your project.

Prasanta_Prince · Answer 3 · 2011-04-16T05:39:00

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/csharpgeneral/thread/69a59248-9f49-4ff1-behttp://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.win32.registry.localmachine%28v=vs.71%29.aspx61-8d72a35b678d[^]

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310516[^]

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.win32.registry.localmachine%28v=vs.71%29.aspx[^]

May be this can help you.

nw_Zone · Answer 4 · 2014-10-16T21:25:00

Solution 5

Try to open the IDE that you are using as an Administrator since the Error is Access Denied, Editing the Registry can be harmful for the Computer and that is the reason the compiler throws such errors. ^_^

Posted 16-Oct-14 21:25pm

nw_Zone

Updated 16-Oct-14 21:30pm

Member 11460356 · Answer 5 · 2016-07-18T19:50:00

Solution 6

There are two parameters that you can supply when you open a key. Use second parameter as true while opening it and you will be able to modify it.

Posted 18-Jul-16 19:50pm

Member 11460356