Requested registry access is denied

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Hello,

The application is written in vb.net. When debugging the code, the section which causes an issue is as follows:

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Dim RegKey As RegistryKey
RegKey = Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey(Path, True)

When the above statement is executed the exception 'Requested registry access is denied' occurred. Operating system is of Windows #7.

It must be mentioned that the above code works perfectly on Windows XP.

Any help would be appreciated.

Posted 12-Oct-12 3:05am

Member1978

Updated 12-Oct-12 3:26am

Nelek

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Since Vista OS an application needs elevated privileges to access 'Local Machine' subtree. See additional info at Stack Overflow[^].

Posted 12-Oct-12 3:23am

CPallini

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Member1978 · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-09T03:07:00

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This package was written a few years ago in order to implant a few details in registry. I appreciate that Microsoft promote individual to use ‘Settings’ or create some kind of XML file to save any details which your package need. As a result my approach is as such now days.

However, in order to resolve this issue and for the purpose of debugging, I have disabled UAC (User Account Control). By implementing this, the issue is resolved.