Is there a way through the .NET installer to set permissions on certain registry keys?

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Admin - 11 May 2004 01:59 GMT

I am being told by my developers that they can not set permissions on
registry keys from the installer, but it is awkward to force users to set
permissions on registry keys. So I am asking if someone can show me how or
point me to a source that would help me find out how to do this from an
installation program. Perahps it can be done through an admin script called
at the end of the install.

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Phil Wilson - 11 May 2004 04:16 GMT

There's no support for this in VS setup projects, but the Windows Installer
will let you do it. See the LockPermissions table and this article:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];288975

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> I am being told by my developers that they can not set permissions on
> registry keys from the installer, but it is awkward to force users to set
> permissions on registry keys. So I am asking if someone can show me how or
> point me to a source that would help me find out how to do this from an
> installation program. Perahps it can be done through an admin script called
> at the end of the install.

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Is there a way through the .NET installer to set permissions on certain registry keys?

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