Please, I need help with writing to registry in windows7 and windows Vista.

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I develop 32bit applications with XP. However, recently I attempted to run the application in Vista but discovered vista wouldn't allow my application to write to windows folder neither would it allow me to write to registry. I usually write to HKEY_CURRENT_USER.

Please what must I do so that my application will be able to write to windows directory and especially the registry.

Posted 1-Oct-12 1:42am

Gbenbam

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Achha Insan 3-Oct-12 5:27am

nothing is impossible. you can do it.

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Richard MacCutchan · Answer 1 · 2012-10-01T03:49:00

Solution 1

You need to set the manifest of your application to run with administrator privilege. Assuming you are using Visual Studio, you do this from the project's Properties by selecting Linker -> Manifest File and select requireAdministrator in the UAC Execution Level options drop-down.

Posted 1-Oct-12 3:49am

Richard MacCutchan

charlieg · Answer 2 · 2012-10-01T04:04:00

Your application is broken, and you need to fix it. I know this, because I dealt with exactly the same issue. Since I don't know what your application does, all I can suggest is to google windows vista/7 application migration issues. However, I would point you toward:

HRESULT hResult = SHGetFolderPath(NULL, 
  CSIDL_PERSONAL|CSIDL_FLAG_CREATE,   // could also use CSIDL_APPDATA,
                                      // NEVER use CSIDL_COMMON_APPDATA
  NULL, 
  0, 
  szFolderPath);

If you search on the CSIDL flags, you'll learn what you need to do.