Microsoft KB Archive/237607

= How to Use Regini.exe to Set Permissions on Registry Keys =

Article ID: 237607

Article Last Modified on 2/23/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition

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This article was previously published under Q237607





SUMMARY
This article describes how to use the Regini.exe tool in the Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Resource Kit to modify registry permissions from within a script.



MORE INFORMATION
It may be useful to use the Regini tool to modify registry permissions from within a script to automate the distribution of permissions or for other uses. For example, if an administrator wanted to allow Everyone to have full control to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\MyCompany\MyProgram, the following sample Regini script would assign this permission: \registry\machine software mycompany myprogram [1 5 7 17] The numbers that appear after the MyProgram key correspond to group permissions, and are defined in the following list:  1 - Administrators Full Access 2 - Administrators Read Access 3 - Administrators Read and Write Access 4 - Administrators Read, Write and Delete Access 5 - Creator Full Access 6 - Creator Read and Write Access 7 - World Full Access 8 - World Read Access 9 - World Read and Write Access 10 - World Read, Write and Delete Access 11 - Power Users Full Access 12 - Power Users Read and Write Access 13 - Power Users Read, Write and Delete Access 14 - System Operators Full Access 15 - System Operators Read and Write Access 16 - System Operators Read, Write and Delete Access 17 - System Full Access 18 - System Read and Write Access 19 - System Read Access 20 - Administrators Read, Write and Execute Access 21 - Interactive User Full Access 22 - Interactive User Read and Write Access 23 - Interactive User Read, Write and Delete Access Based on the script, the permissions of the MyProgram key are now:

Administrators: Full Control

Creator/Owner: Full Control

World (Everyone): Full Control

System: Full Control

NOTE: When you use Regini in this way, it actually replaces all permissions with those specified in the script, so to change "Everyone-Read" to "Everyone-Full Control," the new permission (number 7) must be applied, along with the other existing permissions. Note that if 7 is the only number specified in brackets in the script, then the permissions after running the script would only be "Everyone-Full Control."

For more information about the Regini.exe tool, please refer the Regini.doc file included in the Windows NT 4.0 Resource Kit.

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