[melbourne-pug] Windows registry PermissionError

[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 
authentication. The installer can write to HKLM but the user needs to 
see the value in HKCU

Any hints appreciated.

Thanks

Mike

Getting this ...

Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "D:\Users\mike\envs\chemdata\registry\wreg\wreg.py", line 84, in 
<module>
     curegistry.setvalue('Country', anz)
   File "D:\Users\mike\envs\chemdata\registry\wreg\wreg.py", line 51, in 
setvalue
     return wr.SetValueEx(self.select(), vname, 0, 1, value)
PermissionError: [WinError 5] Access is denied

from ...

import winreg as wr


class Registry:

     def __init__(self, computer=None, hkey=None, sub_key=None):
         # computer is None means this computer
         self.computer = computer
         self.key = hkey
         self.sub_key = sub_key

     def connect(self):
         return wr.ConnectRegistry(self.computer, self.key)

     def select(self):
	# also tried OpenKeyEx()
         return wr.OpenKey(
             key=self.key,
             sub_key=self.sub_key,
             access=wr.KEY_ALL_ACCESS + wr.KEY_WRITE,
         )

     def query(self, vname):
         return wr.QueryValueEx(self.select(), vname)

     def setvalue(self, vname, value):
         return wr.SetValueEx(self.select(), vname, 0, 1, value)

if __name__ == "__main__":

     lmregistry = Registry(
         hkey=wr.HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,
         sub_key="SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\XXX Technology\AppName",
     )
     print(f"\n{lmregistry.sub_key}")
     anz = lmregistry.query('Country')[0]
     print(f"\n{anz}")	# works fine

     curegistry = Registry(
         hkey=wr.HKEY_CURRENT_USER,
         sub_key="SOFTWARE\XXX Technology\AppName",
     )
     curegistry.setvalue('Country', anz)  <<<<< BOOM <<<<<
     anz = curegistry.query('Country')[0]
     


  



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