Re: [Solved] Re: Windows registry PermissionError

2022-05-13 Thread Mike Dewhirst
On 13/05/2022 4:37 pm, Eryk Sun wrote: On 5/13/22, Mike Dewhirst wrote: On 13/05/2022 4:14 pm, Eryk Sun wrote: Since self.connect() is always called, you should document that the initial hkey parameter has to be one of the following predefined key handles: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE HKEY_

Re: [Solved] Re: Windows registry PermissionError

2022-05-12 Thread Eryk Sun
On 5/13/22, Mike Dewhirst wrote: > On 13/05/2022 4:14 pm, Eryk Sun wrote: >> Since self.connect() is always called, you should document that the >> initial hkey parameter has to be one of the following predefined key >> handles: >> >> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE >> HKEY_USERS > > I'm targeting HK

Re: [Solved] Re: Windows registry PermissionError

2022-05-12 Thread Mike Dewhirst
On 13/05/2022 4:14 pm, Eryk Sun wrote: Since self.connect() is always called, you should document that the initial hkey parameter has to be one of the following predefined key handles: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE HKEY_USERS I'm targeting HKEY_CURRENT_USER so I assume HK_USERS includes that.

Re: [Solved] Re: Windows registry PermissionError

2022-05-12 Thread Eryk Sun
Since self.connect() is always called, you should document that the initial hkey parameter has to be one of the following predefined key handles: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE HKEY_USERS HKEY_PERFORMANCE_DATA WinAPI RegConnectRegistryW() only matters when the target computer is a different machi

[Solved] Re: Windows registry PermissionError

2022-05-12 Thread Mike Dewhirst
Eryk Many thanks. It is working perfectly now. See below for the reworked code. Cheers Mike On 13/05/2022 1:42 pm, Eryk Sun wrote: On 5/12/22, Mike Dewhirst wrote: access=wr.KEY_ALL_ACCESS + wr.KEY_WRITE, import winreg as wr class Registry: def __init__(self, computer=None,

Re: Windows registry PermissionError

2022-05-12 Thread Eryk Sun
On 5/12/22, Mike Dewhirst wrote: > > access=wr.KEY_ALL_ACCESS + wr.KEY_WRITE, The access parameter is a bit mask of access rights that combine via bitwise OR (|), not via arithmetic addition. KEY_ALL_ACCESS (0x000F_003F) is a superset of KEY_WRITE (0x0002_0006): KEY_WRITE = (

Windows registry PermissionError

2022-05-12 Thread Mike Dewhirst
I'm trying to copy a value from HKLM to HKCU for application rollout via bulk installation by an administrator but individual Windows user setup. Getting this ... Traceback (most recent call last):   File "D:\Users\mike\envs\chemdata\registry\wreg\wreg.py", line 84, in     curegistry.setvalu